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SERMON. 


DELIVERED  IN  PORTLAND,  JUNE  22,  1842, 


BEFORE    THE 


MAINE  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 


T  II I  R  T  Y-F  IFTH    ANNIVERSARY 


BY  8.    D.   WARD, 

Pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in   Marhias. 


PORTLAND : 
ALFRED  MERRILL,  PRINTER 
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SERMON 


LUKE  XIX :  13. 
Occupy  till  I  come. 
These  words  occur  in  a  parable,  in  which  our  Lord  com- 
pares himself  to  a  nobleman,  who  went  into  a  far  country 
to  receive  for  himself  a  kingdom,  and  to  return  ;  and  who, 
just  before  his  departure,  called  his  ten  servants,  and  deliv- 
ered them  ten  pounds,  and   said  unto  them,     Occupy  till  I 
come.     Thus  our  Lord, — having  accomplished  all  the  ob- 
jects which  were   to  be   effected  by  his  visible    presence, 
was  taken  up  from  his  disciples,  and  a  cloud  received  him 
out  of  their  sight.     He  went  up  to  take  possession  of  his 
kingdom,  and  sit  on  the  right  hand  of  the  throne  of  God  ;  to 
have  all  power  given  unto  him  in  heaven  and  in  earth ;  to 
be  invested  with  supreme  dominion  over  the  mightiest  spir- 
its, that   reign  in  the   invisible  world.     There  his   throne 
towers  high  above  that  of  the  loftiest  archangel,  and  all  the 
heavenly  hierarchies  prostrate   themselves  with  lowly  rever- 
ence before  him. 

When  our  Lord  left  the  world,  that  he  might  enter  into 
his  glory,  he  imposed  on  his  apostles,  and  through  them  on 
his  church  in  all  succeeding  ages,  the  duty  of  carrying  for- 
ward the  objects  for  which  he  left  the  bosom  of  the  Father. 
To  them  he  committed  the  interests  of  that  glorious  kingdom, 
whose  foundations  his  own  sacred  hands  had  laid.  These 
He  appointed  to  be  his  agents  in  diffusing  that  holy  truth 
to  which  he  had  borne  witness.  These  were  to  be  employ- 
ed, as  his  instruments,  in  securing  the  salvation  of  the  lost 
and  perishing,  whom  he  died  to  save.     From  the  hour  of  his 


ascension,  he  lias  been  looking  lo  his  church  tosoe  to  it  that 
his  tears  and  blood  shall  not  have  been  shed  in  vain.  For 
eighteen  centuries  he  has  been  repeating  to  each  snccessivo 
generation  of  his  servants, —  Occupy  till  I  come. 

In  explaining  these  words,  and  applying  them  to  the  in- 
teresting and  important  occasion  on  which  we  are  now  as- 
sembled, I  propose  to  consider, 

I.  The  great  event  alluded  to, — the  coming  of  our 
Lord  ;  and, 

II.  The  duty  enjoined, — that  of  propagating  the  Gospel. 

I.  That,  at  the  last  day,  our  Lord  will  descend  from  hea- 
ven, and  that  his  descent  will  be  visible  to  all  the  world,  as 
his  ascension  was  to  his  disciples,  has  been  steadfastly  be- 
lieved in  by  the  church,  in  all  past  ages.  Is  this  a  well- 
founded  opinion  ?  and,  if  so,  what  will  be  the  circumstan- 
ces and  results  of  his  advent  ? 

There  appear  to  be  different  senses,  in  which  the  second 
coming  of  our  Lord  is  spoken  of  by  the  sacred  writers. 

Christ  is  said  to  have  come,  spiritually,  when,  having 
vanished  from  the  sight  of  his  disciples,  he  entered  into  their 
hearts,  and  dwelt  there  with  his  spiritual  presence.  When 
about  to  leave  his  disconsolate  disciples,  in  the  midst  of  nu- 
merous and  implacable  enemies,  he  comforted  and  encour- 
aged them  with  the  assurance,  that  though  absent  in  body, 
he  would  still  be  present  in  Spirit :  I  will  not  leave  you 
comfortless,  said  he,  I  will  come  to  you.  Behold  I  am  with 
you  always,  even  unto  the  end  of  the  world.  These  faithful 
disciples  were  not  deserted  by  their  divine  Master,  when  he 
ascended  to  heaven.  These  valiant  soldiers  of  the  Cross 
were  not  left  to  wage  war  with  the  kingdom  of  darkness,  a- 
ilone  and  unassisted.  The  Captain  of  our  salvation  was  still 
ihe  Leader,  under  whose  guidance  they  went  forth  to  con- 
quer the  world.  The  peace,  love,  and  joy,  that  filled  their 
hearts,  the  celestial  light  which  beamed  on  their  understand- 
ings, the  divine  eloquence  which  flowed  from  their  lips,  the 


astonisiimg  miracles  which  they  were  enabled  to  perform, 
the  courage  which  no  dangers  could  appal,  and  the  wonder- 
ful success  which  attended  their  labors ; — all  attested  the 
presence  of  their  Lord.  With  the  eye  of  the  soul  they  saw 
and  acknowledged  the  presence  of  him,  who  had  vanished 
from  the  sight  of  an  unbelieving  world. 

Thus  also,  from  age  to  age,  the  King  of  Zion  has  been 
present  to  his  church.  It  has  been  guided  by  his  wisdom 
and  protected  by  his  power.  By  him  it  has  been  aided  in 
all  its  efforts  to  overthrow  the  kingdom  of  darkness,  to  dif- 
fuse the  truth,  to  bring  sinners  to  repentance,  and  subject  a 
revolted  world  to  the  dominion  of  its  rightful  Sovereign. 
He  has  been  like  a  pillar  of  cloud  and  fire  to  his  people, 
leading  them  in  their  wanderings  through  the  wilderness 
towards  the  promised  land.  In  this  sense  he  has  come  to 
his  church,  and  will  remain  with  it  till  the  final  consumma- 
tion, when  all  the  hosts  of  God's  elect  shall  have  been  gath- 
ered into  the  heavenly  mansions. 

Christ  is  represented  as  having  come,  figuratively,  cloth- 
ed with  divine  majesty  and  power,  to  destroy  the  city  and 
temple  of  Jerusalem,  and  to  put  a  final  period  to  the  Jew- 
ish state  and  religion.  In  the  awful  calamities  which  over- 
whelmed this  guilty  and  devoted  people,  the  ancient  proph- 
ecies, and  especially  those  of  our  Lord  himself  respecting 
the  doom  of  Jerusalem  and  its  inhabitants,  were  exactly  ful- 
filled. Here  a  most  terrific  display  of  divine  justice  was  set 
before  the  eye  of  an  astonished  world.  Here  was  present- 
ed to  mankind  a  fresh  demonstration  of  the  divine  or- 
igin of  Christianity.  As  the  Jews  wqre  among  the  most 
malignant  and  implacable  enemies  of  the  Gospel  ;  so 
when  their  power  was  destroyed,  and  their  existence  as  a 
nation  ceased,  one  of  the  most  formidable  obstacles  to  the 
progress  of  the  gospel  was  removed.  The  signal  vengeance 
which  Jesus  inflicted  on  his  crucifiers,  and  most  bloody  per- 
secutors of  his  church,  as  it  was  a  very  conspicuous  display 


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of  his  power  and  justice,  so  it  demonstrated  that  he  who 
was  executed  as  a  criminal  on  Calvary,  was  indeed  advanc- 
ed to  a  throne  in  heaven  ;  and,  clothed  with  irresistible  pow- 
er, was  able  to  protect  his  friends  and  punish  his  enemies. 
By  his  thus  coming  to  fulfil  his  threatenings,  and  to  display 
his  power  and  justice,  he  is  said  in  the  bold  and  figurative 
language  of  the  Scriptures, — to  come  in  his  kingdom — to 
come  in  the  glory  of  the  Father. 

The  sacred  writers  have  also  taught  us,  that  Christ  will 
come  personally  and  visibly.  They  frequently  allude  to 
this  second  advent  of  our  Lord,  as  the  day — the  last  day — 
the  day  of  the  Lord.  The  manner  in  which  this  coming  of 
Christ  is  described,  the  circumstances  which  are  connected 
with  it,  and  the  exhortations,  which  are  grounded  upon  it, 
are  such  as  to  make  the  application  of  it  to  any  events  which 
have  yet  occurred,  utterly  absurd  and  preposterous.  It  is 
described  as  the  time  when  all  nations  shall  be  gathered  be- 
fore the  Son  of  Man,  when  the  dead  both  small  and  great 
shall  stand  before  God,  when  we  must  all  appear  before 
the  judgment  seat  of  Christ,  when  the  wicked  shall  be  sev- 
ered from  among  the  just,  and  the  destinies  of  each  be  fix- 
ed forever.  But  it  is  evident  that  none  of  these  events  oc- 
curred at  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem.  All  nations  were 
not  assembled,  the  dead  were  not  raised,  the  final  destinies 
of  men  were  not  decided  on  that  memorable  occasion. 

The  apostles  speak  of  a  second  coming  of  Christ,  in  which 
all  Christians  had  an  equal  interest.  On  the  certainty  of  it 
they  grounded  their  most  urgent  exhortations  to  watchful- 
ness, to  a  faithful  discharge  of  Christian  duties,  to  constan- 
cy in  enduring  their  persecutions,  and  to  perseverance  in 
the  way  of  the  Lord  even  to  the  end.  But  what  connexion 
had  the  Romans,  the  Corinthians,  the  Thessalonians,  or  any 
of  the  Gentile  Christians  with  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem  ? 
What  had  they  either  to  hope  or  fear  from  that  event  ?  It 
is  utterly  unaccountable  that  the  apostles  should  have  exhor- 


ted  Christians  to  steadfastness  in  their  profession,  and  dili- 
gence in  the  duties  of  their  holy  calling,  in  order  that  they 
might  b e  blameless  in  the  day  of  the  Lord,  and  not  be 
ashamed  before  him  at  his  coming,  if,  by  his  coming,  they 
meant  nothing  more,  than  the  vengeance  which  was  poured 
out  upon  the  Jewish  people  ?  The  truth  is,  that  this  latter 
event  was  but  a  faint  image  of  that  more  awful  display  of 
divine  justice  and  power,  which  our  Lord  and  his  Apostles 
have  described  as  the  coming— the  day— the  appearing  of 
the  Lord  Jesus.  Hence  we  conclude,  that  the  opinion 
which  has  prevailed  in  the  Christian  Church  in  all  ages,  that 
the  Son  of  Man  will  yet  be  seen  descending  from  heaven, 
as  visible  to  all  the  world,  as  he  was  to  his  disciples  when 
he  ascended  to  heaven,  is  an  opinion  founded  on  most  cer- 
tain warrants  of  Sacred  Scripture,  and  is  as  firmly  estab- 
lished as  the  authority  of  the  inspired  writers  themselves. 

If  then  it  be  certain,  that  our  Lord  will  again  descend  from 
heaven  in  a  public  and  visible  manner,  what  will  be  the  cir- 
cumstances and  results  of  his  coming  ? 

Our  Lord  will  come  arrayed  with  inconceivable  gran- 
deur and  majesty.  When  the  time  appointed  by  the  Father 
shall  arrive,  the  awful  Judge  will  leave  that  world  of  glory 
to  which  he  has.  ascended,  and  reveal  himself  once  more  to 
the  astonished  and  terrified  inhabitants  of  earth.  He 
will  come  in  the  clouds  of  heaven,  seated  on  a  glorious 
throne,  and  attended  by  the  holy  angels.  His  appearance 
then,  we  may  suppose,  will  be  like  that,  which  the  apostle 
saw  in  his  vision  at  Patmos,  when,  overwhelmed  by  the  in- 
expressible grandeur  and  majesty  of  his  person,  he  fell  at 
hisfeet  as  one  dead.  Some  such  form,  glorious,  majestic, 
awful  beyond  conception,  the  Lord  of  glory  will  put  on,  when 
he  shall  re-visit  our  world.  He  will  then  indeed  be  Jesus  of 
Nazareth — the  same,  who  was  once  laid  in  a  manger  at  Beth= 
lehem,  stood  before  Pilate's  bar,  and  was  crucified  on  Cal- 
vary.    But  oh,  how  changed  !     That  brow  which  was  once 


torn  with  the  crown  of  thorns,  will  now  wear  a  crown  be- 
fore whose  lustre  the  sun  will  fade.  That  hand  which  was 
nailed  to  the  cross  will  now  wield  the  sword  of  eternal  jus- 
tice. That  very  man,  who  once  had  not  where  to  lay  his 
head,  will  now  appear  as  the  King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of 
lords. 

Our  Lord  will  now  come  to  destroy  the  world  which  we 
inhabit.  But  a  few  thousand  years  ago,  the  earth  was 
without  form  and  void,  and  darkness  was  upon  the  face  of 
the  abyss.  The  hand  of  God  moulded  the  shapeless  mass 
into  this  beautiful  world.  He  commanded  the  light  to 
shine  out  of  the  darkness,  scooped  out  the  bed  in  which 
the  ocean  welters,  piled  up  the  mountains,  and  clothed  the 
earth  with  beauty  and  magnificence.  But  he  who  created 
can  destroy.  He  who  enacted  can  annul  the  laws  of  nature. 
He  who  reared  can  demolish  this  stately  fabric.  Indeed  it 
is  but  reasonable  to  suppose,  that,  when  the  building  shall 
have  answered  the  purposes  for  which  it  was  constructed, 
it  will  be  suffered  to  fall  into  ruins.  It  was  fitted  up,  to  be 
the  residence  of  men,  and  is  adapted  to  their  peculiar  nature 
and  circumstances.  It  must  undergo  great  changes,  we 
may  suppose,  before  it  can  be  suited  to  the  nature  and  cir- 
cumstances of  a  race  of  new  occupants.  As  the  coming  of 
our  Lord  will  result  in  the  final  removal  of  the  human  family 
from  the  stately  edifice,  which  was  reared  expressly  for  its 
accommodation  ;  so  we  may  conclude,  that,  being  now  emp- 
tied of  its  inhabitants,  it  will  be  suffered  to  crumble  and 
fall.  Now  shall  be  accomplished  the  words  of  the  apostle, 
The  elements  shall  melt  with  fervent  heat,  and  the  earth 
and  the  tuorks  of  men  that  are  therein  shall  be  burned 
up.  The  Lord  will  point  to  yonder  sun  and  say, — Let  that 
sun  cease  to  shine — and  it  will  be  extinguished  like  a  can- 
dle. Let  yonder  world  be  given  up  to  destruction — and  a 
deluge  of  fire  will  roll  over  it.  How  awful  is  one  peal  of 
thunder,   the  eruption  of  a  single  valcano,  or  the  shock  of  a 


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single  earthquake  !  What  astonishment  and  terror  are  a- 
vvaked  by  such  convulsions  of  nature !  What  a  terrific 
scene  will  be  presented  when  ten  thousand  thunders  shall 
mingle  their  voices — when  every  summit  will  blaze  like 
/Etna,  when  the  mountains  shall  be  hurled  from  their  bases, 
and  the  solid  earth  be  shaken  and  convulsed  as  with  dying 
pangs  !  Now  shall  the  most  stupendous  works  of  man  be 
more  completely  overthrown  and  rased  out,  than  was  Je- 
rusalem by  the  Roman  plough-share.  His  impregnable  for- 
tresses, his  time-defying  pyramids,  the  monuments  of  heroes 
and  the  histories  which  record  their  deeds,  empires  and  their 
annals,  the  tombs  of  prophets  and  philosophers,  with  the 
productions  of  their  genius,  vainly  styled  immortal,  will  all 
alike  be  consigned  to  everlasting  oblivion.  Every  vestige  of 
the  human  race  will  be  blotted  out  from  the  earth,  as  the 
billow  blots  out  on  letters  traced  the  shore. 

The  Lord  will  come  to  summon  into  his  presence  the  liv- 
ing and  the  dead.  The  living  must  be  ehanged,  and  the 
dead  be  raised.  When  the  Son  of  Man  shall  come  in  his 
glory,  eyes  of  flesh  will  be  too  weak  to  gaze  on  the  bright- 
ness of  his  countenance.  They  would  be  scorched  and 
blasted  by  the  sight.  Mortal  bodies  are  too  frail  and  feeble 
to  sustain  the  intensity,  either  of  the  bliss  of  heaven,  or  the 
tortures  of  hell.  Hence  those  who  shall  be  alive  and  remain 
when  the  Son  of  Man  shall  come,  by  an  instantaneous  op- 
eration of  divine  power,  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye,  will  be 
changed,  and  be  clothed  with  immortal  and  incorruptible 
bodies. 

The  time  will  now  arrive,  when  they  that  are  in  the 
graves  shall  hear  the  voice  of  the  Son  of  Man  and  come 
forth.  Now  there  will  be  a  resurrection  both  of  the  just 
and  the  unjust.  Unbelievers  of  every  age  have  been  ready 
to  ask — How  are  the  dead  raised  up,  and  with  ivhat  body 
do  they  cornel  We  see  the  dust  return  to  the  earth  as 
it  was.     These  houses  of  clay,  when  deserted  by  their  spir- 


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itual  tenants,  moulder  into  dust,  and  mingle  with  the  soil. 
Sometimes,  consumed  in  f  he  flames,  their  ashes  are  scattered 
to  the  winds.  Sometimes,  devoured  by  birds  and  beasts,  and 
even  by  men,  they  become  parts  of  other,  and  even  of  hu- 
man bodies.  How  then  shall  these  scattered  elements  be  re- 
claimed, and  these  forms,  so  long  faded  and  forgotten,  ap- 
pear in  their  original  freshness  and  vigor?"  To  these  and 
a  thousand  other  questions  which  the  incredulous  may  ask, 
it  is  sufficient  to  reply, — ye  do  err,  not  knowing  the  scrip- 
tures nor  the  power  of  God.  If  the  Almighty  deems  it  ne- 
cessary for  the  accomplishment  of  his  designs,  to  re-organ- 
ize the  body,  and  re-unite  it  with  its  kindred  spirit,  has  he 
not  power  to  effect  his  purpose  ?  If  he  has  decreed,  that 
this  mortal  shall  put  on  immortality,  and  this  corruptible  put 
on  incorruption,  what  can  hinder  the  execution  of  his  decree  ? 
The  first  blast  of  the  archangel's  trump  will  discover  the 
folly  of  the  objections  which  presumptuous  men  have  urged 
against  the  doctrine  of  the  resurrection. 

By  the  testimony  of  the  Scriptures  therefore,  we  are  as_ 
sured  that,  at  the  coming  of  the  Lord,  the  living  will  be 
changed,  and  the  dead  be  raised.  Now  shall  be  brought  to 
pass  the  saying  that  is  written — death  is  swallowed  up  in 
victory.  Now  shall  the  monster  be  compelled  to  give  back 
the  victims  whom  he  has  devoured.  His  sting  shall  be 
plucked  away,  and  his  dreadful  dart  wrested  from  his  hands. 
Now  the  dead  both  small  and  great  shall  stand  before  God. 
Adam  and  all  his  sons  and  daughters, — all  the  past  and  all 
the  future  generations  of  mankind  will  now  be  collected  in 
one  vast — countless  throng  around  the  judgment  seat. 

The  Lord  will  come  to  make  a  final  and  everlasting  sep- 
aration between  the  righteous  and  the  wicked.  He  will  now 
winnow  the  chaff  from  the  wheat,  on  this  mighty  threshing 
floor  ;  the  one  to  be  gathered  into  the  heavenly  garner,  the 
other  to  be  burned  with  unquenchable  fire.  The  wicked 
shall  now  be  severed  from  among  the  just ;  these   to  shine 


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forth  as  I  Itv  Sun  in  the  kingdom  of  their  Father  ;  the  oth- 
ers to  be  consigned  to  everlasting  shame  and  contempt. 
Now  shall  he  pronounced  those  words  of  joy  :  Come  ye 
blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit  the  kingdom  prepared  for 
you  from  the  foundation  of  the  world;  and  now  shall  be 
pronounced  those  words  of  terror,  Depart,  ye  cursed,  into 
everlasting  fire,  prepared  for  the  Devil  and  his  angels. 

Having  considered  the  coming  of  our  Lord,  with  its  cir- 
stances  and  results,  let  us  now  proceed  to  consider, 

II.  The  duty  which  he  inculcates  and  enforces  by  a  ref- 
erence to  that  event — the  duty  of  propagating  the   Gospel. 

The  nobleman  in  the  parable,  when  about  to  depart,  call- 
ed his  ten  servants  and  delivered  them  ten  pounds,  and  said 
to  them, —  Occupy  till  I  come.  So  our  divine  Master, 
when  he  left  the  world,  committed  to  the  hands  of  his  dis- 
ciples, treasures  of  infinite  value.  On  the  faithful  manage- 
ment of  these  heavenly  treasures,  he  has  suspended  results 
as  vast  as  eternity.  What  more  awful  responsibility  could 
have  been  laid  on  feeble  mortals,  than  that  which  our  Lord 
imposed  on  his  church  when  he  entrusted  the  propagation 
of  the  Gospel  to  its  faithfulness  and  zeal?  The  Gospel  is 
the  noblest  production  of  divine  wisdom  and  love.  It  is  an 
instrument  designed  and  adapted  to  promote  the  best  inter- 
ests of  mankind,  both  private  and  public  ;  temporal  and 
eternal. 

The  Gospel  is  of  inestimable  value,  when  considered  with 
reference  to  its  influence  on  the  characters  and  happiness  of 
individuals.  When  its  power  is  felt  in  any  human  bosom, 
a  great  and  most  happy  revolution  is  accomplished  in  the 
character,  both  of  the  inward  and  outward  man.  The  slave 
of  vice  is  set  free  from  his  degrading  bondage.  The  tyrant 
lusts,  that  ruled  over  him,  are  dethroned.  The  soul,  dead 
in  trespasses  and  sins,  feels  a  quickening  influence,  and  ri- 
ses to  a  new  and  more  joyous  existence.  Its  blinded  eye, 
now  unsealed,  opens  on  the  wonders  of  the  spiritual  world — 


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a  world  filled  with  objects  of  more  exquisite  beauty  and  more 
awful  grandeur,  than  this  material  creation.  The  benumbed 
heart,  restored  to  its  sensibility,  glows  with  new  emotions  of 
love  and  joy.  The  soul  puts  offthe  deformities  of  sin,  to  put 
on  the  christian  graces,  and  is  re-instamped  with  the  glorious 
image  of  its  Creator. 

Taught  by  the  Gospel,  the  sinner,  "  oppressed  with  guilt 
and  full  of  fears,"  repairs  to  the  cross  of  Jesus,  and  there 
his  burdens  fall  off,  his  fears  subside,  a  healing  balm  is  shed 
into  his  wounded  spirit,  and  he  is  filled  with  the  peace  of 
God  that  passeth  all  understanding.  What  new  springs  of 
pure  and  exquisite  delight,  such  as  gush  from  no  earthly 
soil,  such  as  he  never  tasted  or  conceived  of  before,  are  now 
opened  within  him.  What  pleasure  does  he  take  in  perus- 
ing the  sacred  pages,  in  the  duties  of  devotion,  in  a  con- 
sciousness of  the  presence  and  favor  of  his  Heavenly  Fa- 
ther ;  in  feeling  that  his  hopes  are  anchored  on  the  firm 
bottom  of  the  divine  promises,  and  in  looking  forward  with 
the  eye  of  faith  on  the  glories  and  felicities  of  heaven  ! 
What  strength  to  resist  the  assaults  of  the  adversary,  what 
fortitude  and  submission  in  the  severest  trials,  what  calmness 
and  even  triumph  in  the  hour  of  death,  is  afforded  by  this 
precious  Gospel !  Who,  that  has  ever  felt  the  Spirit's  pow- 
er moving  on  the  chaos  within  the  soul,  scattering  the  dark- 
jiess  that  brooded  over  it,  and  lighting  the  dawn  of  a  day, 
which  will  forever  increase  in  splendor,  and  never  reach  its 
meridian,  who  that  has  ever  participated  in  the  privileges, 
the  joys,  and  the  consolations  of  the  renewed  soul;  is  not 
ready  to  acknowledge,  that,  considered  as  a  means  of  tem- 
poral happiness  alone,  there  is  nothing  on  earth  that  can  be 
compared  in  value  with  the  Gospel.  It  is  indeed  God's  un- 
speakable gift.  It  is  the  channel  through  which  the  richest 
of  heaven's  blessings  are  dispensed.  The  Almighty  himself 
cannot  impart  to  one  of  the  sons  of  fallen  Adam,  any  higher 
.blessing  than  to  breathe  into  his  heart  the  renovating  and  pu- 


rifying  influences  of  the  Gospel.  Should  he  make  you  mas- 
ter of  a  world,  and  lay  all  its  treasures  and  honors  at  your 
feet:  should  he  set  you  even  on  anarch-angel's  throne,  you 
would  still  be  wretched  without  this  renovating  power  ;  but 
with  it,  you  maybe  happy  in  a  dungeon  or  at  the  stake. 

The  value  of  the  Gospel  may  be  seen  by  a  reference  to 
its  influence  on  the  happiness  not  only  of  individuals,  but  of 
communities.  Its  direct  tendency  is  to  diffuse  intelligence 
and  virtue. 

It  has  been  found,  by  repeated  experiments,  that  no  soon- 
er is  the  gospel  introduced  among  a  savage  tribe,  than  it  im- 
mediately begins  to  advance  from  barbarism  towards  civiliza- 
tion. Its  peaceful  spirit  softens  and  subdues  the  native  fe- 
rocity of  the  savage.  His  favorite  employments,  war  and  the 
chase,  must  be  laid  aside  as  inconsistent  either  with  the  spirit 
of  the  gospel,  or  with  that  sober  and  regular  life  which  it  en- 
joins. In  order  that  he  may  attend  on  the  instructions  of  his 
spiritual  teacher,  he  must  cease  to  rove  through  the  forest,  and 
seek  for  himself  some  permanent  place  of  abode.  The  mys- 
teries of  the  new  religion  lie  before  him  on  the  printed  page, 
and  he  is  not  slow  to  perceive  the  importance  of  learning  to 
read  that  volume  for  himself.  Soon  the  savage  of  the  wilder- 
ness is  seen  reading  in  his  own  tongue  the  wonderful  works 
of  God.  Soon  the  language  of  inspiration  is  on  his  lips,  and 
breathing  its  humanizing  spirit  into  his  heart. 

Christianity  must  diffuse  through  every  community  in 
which  it  prevails,  a  knowledge  of  its  own  doctrines,  and  by 
doing  so,  must  impart  a  knowledge  of  truths  more  sublime 
and  astonishing,  and  better  adapted  to  rouse  and  quicken 
the  intellectual  powers,  than  any  other  truths  that  come 
within  the  range  of  human  thought.  To  have  learned  the 
truths  of  Christianity  is  to  have  read  one  of  the  brightest  and 
sublimest  pages  of  the  book  of  knowledge.  It  displays  to 
us  the  attributes,  the  dispensations  and  the  most  wonderful 
of  the  works  of  God.     It  teaches  us  the  duties,  the  respon- 


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Nihilities,  I  ho  dignity  and  the  destiny  of  man.  When  its 
light  is  poured  into  the  soul,  the  most  degraded  feel  them- 
selves clothed  with  inconceivable  dignity,  and  elevated  im- 
measurably on  the  scale  of  being.  It  opens  before  the  mind 
boundless  and  most  inviting  fields  of  thought  and  inquiry. 
As  it  clothes  the  material  creation  with  a  fresh  loveliness,  its 
wonders  are  gazed  upon  with  an  intenser  delight,  and  its 
mysteries  are  searched  into  with  a  new  industry  and  ardor. 
To  the  sanctified  heart  every  new  discovery  of  science,  is  a 
new  manifestation  of  the  wisdom  and  the  goodness  of  that 
great  being  whom  it  loves  and  adores.  The  love  of  knowl- 
edge which  is  planted  in  every  human  bosom,  is  stimulated 
into  intenser  activity  by  the  power  of  the  Gospel. 

Whatever  reasons  maybe  assigned  to  account  for  the  fact, 
it  is  an  indisputable  fact,  that  the  nation  which  enjoys  the 
most  powerful  influences  of  Christianity,  will  be  also  most 
distinguished  for  its  attention  to  intellectual  culture.  There 
the  means  of  education  will  be  the  most  highly  prized  and 
supplied  in  the  greatest  abundance.  There  school  houses 
and  academies  and  colleges  will  spring  up  in  the  greatest 
numbers,  and  be  supported  with  the  greatest  liberality.  The 
inhabitants  of  this  highly  favored  country  are  chiefly  in- 
debted to  the  institutions  of  the  gospel,  for  the  general  dif- 
fusion of  knowledge  among  them  ;  and  the  high  degree  of 
intelligence  by  which  they  are  characterized. 

But  the  Gospel  touches  the  interests  of  a  people  in  another 
point,  and  one  too  of  vital  importance.  It  affords  the 
only  effective  means  of  supporting  the  public  morals.  All 
the  influences  which  it  exerts,  and  all  the  agencies  which  it 
puts  into  operation,  tend  directly  to  repress  vice  and  crime, 
and  to  purify  and  elevate  the  moral  character  of  a  people. 
It  holds  up  before  the  eye  of  the  public  a  perfect  standard 
of  morality,  and  urges  conformity  to  it,  by  the  strongest  mo- 
tives. It  puts  a  Bible  in  every  dwelling — that  awful  vol- 
ume, on  whose  pages,  the  character,  the  dispensations  and 


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the  laws  of  Cod,  are  exhibited  with  the  greatest  clearness  and 
simplicity.     It  commissions  and  sends  forth  its  ministers,   in 
the  sacred  character  of  ambassadors  of  God,  who  are  bound 
by  the  most  solemn  vows  to   proclaim  his  wrath  against  all 
the  workers  of  iniquity,  to  set   before  them  the  present  and 
eternal  consequences  of  transgression,  and  to  urge  them  to 
obey  the  laws  of  God  by  every  motive,  addressed  to  reason 
and  conscience,  to  hope  and  fear.  On  its  weekly  Sabbath,  it 
summons  together  the  solemn  assemblies,  to  bow  in  adoration 
before  the  Ruler  of  the  universe,  and    to  receive  instruc- 
tion in  the  doctrines    and  duties  of  religion.     It  commands 
heads  of  families  to  offer  up  the  morning  and  evening  sacri- 
fice in  the  midst  of  assembled  households.     It  urges  parents 
by  the  most  solemn  and   weighty  considerations  to  train  up 
their  children    from  their  infancy  in   the  ways  of  piety  and 
virtue.     It  sends  its  agents  through  the  obscurest  streets  and 
lanes  of  the  crowded  city,  and  into  the  gloomy  depths  of  the 
prison,  to  instruct  the  ignorant,  to  elevate  the  degraded,  to 
reclaim  the  vicious  and  to  save  the  lost.     By  the  various  and 
wide-spread  agencies  which  it  puts  into  operation,  it  reaches 
directly  or  indirectly  every    member    of  society,  and  exerts 
some  degree  of  influence    over  his  character    and   conduct. 
Its  salutary  power  is  felt  by  the  inmates  of  the  most  seclud- 
ed cottage  ;  by  the  criminal  in  the  dungeons,  and  by  the  sai- 
lor whose  home  is  on  the  deep. 

Were  infidelity  to  expel  the  Gospel  and  all  its  hallowed 
influences  from  our  land,  what  agencies  could  or  would  it 
supply  to  sustain  the  morals  of  our  people,  equal,  either  in 
kind  or  degree,  to  those  which  the  Gospel  furnishes  ?  Could 
it  find  a  book  like  the  Bible  and  put  it  into  every  habitation  ? 
Could  it  find  teachers  of  morality  as  effective  as  the  ministers 
of  the  Gospel,  and  breathing  into  their  hearts  an  equal  love 
and  zeal,  send  them  forth  by  thousands  through  the  land  to 
teach  a  morality  as  pure,  and  urged  by  sanctions  as  high  and 
awful  ?     It  would  neither  have  the  means  to  do  any  of  these 


things,  nor  the  will  to  use  those  means  if  it  had  them.  May 
it  not  be  safely  asserted,  that  the  Gospel  is  the  only  power 
on  earth  by  which  a  nation's  morals  may  be  elevated  or  pre- 
served ? 

If  then  it  be  granted,  that  the  Gospel  has  a  direct  tenden- 
cy to  promote  the  intellectual  and  moral  improvement  of  a 
people,  it  must  also  be  granted,  that  it  is  connected  with  the 
attainment  of  all  other  blessings,  which  constitute  the  true 
glory  and  prosperity  of  nations.  That  people  only  is  fitted 
to  enjoy  the  blessings  of  civil  liberty,  on  whom  this  benign 
religion  sheds  its  hallowed  influences.  Precious  as  these 
blessings  are,  they  are  the  fruits  of  the  Gospel.  A  peo- 
ple must  be  intelligent,  that  it  may  know  how  to  use  lib- 
erty ;  it  must  be  virtuous,  that  it  may  not  abuse  it.  So  far 
as  it  shall  be  pervaded  by  the  spirit  of  the  Gospel,  it  will 
be  temperate,  frugal  and  industrious.  Under  the  Gospel's 
power,  the  chief  causes  which  retard  its  growth  and  prosper- 
ity will  act  with  diminished  force  ;  while  afresh  energy  will 
be  infused  into  those  causes  on  which  its  glory  and  happiness 
chiefly  depend.  The  more  any  people  is  pervaded  by  the 
spirit  of  the  Gospel,  and  governed  by  its  laws,  the  more  co- 
pious will  be  the  streams  of  blessings,  that  will  flow  over  it 
from  the  great  Fountain  of  happiness — blessings  resulting 
from  the  eternal  laws  of  the  moral  universe,  and  as  sure  to 
descend  on  such  a  people,  as  the  verdure  of  spring;  or  the 
fruits  of  autumn  are  sure  to  succeed  the  warmth  of  the  sun- 
beams, or  rains  and  dews  of  heaven.  When  a  benignant  Provi- 
dence wills,  in  behalf  of  any  people  to  bestow  upon  it  a  pure 
Christianity,  in  that  one  gift  it  virtually  bestows  all  that  is  es- 
sential to  its  highest  prosperity  and  happiness.  You  may  trav- 
el around  the  wide  world,  and  when  you  have  found  the  spot, 
where  man  reaches  his  highest  dignity  and  elevation  ;  where 
there  is  the  most  of  intelligence  and  virtue,of  private  and  pub- 
lic happiness ;  you  will  find  that  you  arc  on  the  very  spot,  on 
which  the  Gospel  sheds  down  its  purest  and  brightest  lustre. 


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If  we  look  through  the  telescope  of  faith  on  future  ages', 

what  a  joyful  vision  greets  our  eyes  !  It  is  a  world  regen- 
erated by  the  power  of  the  Gospel.  The  angel  has  flown 
through  mid-heaven  and  proclaimed  :  The  kingdoms  of 
this  world  have  become  the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord  and  of 
his  Christ.  Satan  has  fallen  like  lightning  from  heaven, 
and  his  disastrous  reign  has  ceased.  The  orb  of  truth 
is  throwing  its  beams  over  the  whole  earth ;  the  shad- 
owy forms  of  error  have  vanished,  like  spectres  before  the 
advancing  morn.  The  passions  which  kept  the  world  in 
agitation  are  laid  asleep.  The  tide  of  misery  that  rolled  o- 
ver  it  has  been  drained  away.  The  temples  of  superstition 
have  fallen  ;  the  thrones  of  despotism  have  crumbled  ;  and 
the  chains  of  slavery  are  broken.  The  traveller  roams 
through  a  peaceful  world,  and  wherever  he  meets  a  man,  he 
meets  a  friend  and  brother,  whose  eye  looks  on  him  with 
kindness,  and  whose  hand  is  ready  to  assist  him.  A  teem- 
ing population,  unthinned  by  famine,  pestilence  or  war,  rolls 
through  every  valley  and  spreads  over  every  plain.  For- 
ests are  felled,  morasses  drained,  and  wastes  reclaimed. 
The  earth, tilled  by  more  numerous  and  sturdier  hands,  blooms 
with  a  greener  verdure,  and  produces  more  abundant  har- 
vests. Each  dwelling  has  become  the  abode  of  peace  and 
love.  Every  heart  is  a  temple  of  the  Lord,  and  every  tongue 
celebrates  his  praise.  God  dwells  with  man,  and  earth  is  a 
paradise  again.  The  voice  of  prophecy  has  announced  that 
by  the  prevalence  of  the  Gospel,  the  world  is  to  pass  through 
some  such  delightful  changes  as  these.  How  then  can  the 
patriot  better  promote  the  prosperity  of  his  country,  or  the 
philanthropist,  the  happiness  of  mankind,  than  by  diffusing 
the  Gospel  ? 

If  then  we  are  assured  by  the  declarations  of  Scripture, 
and  by  what  we  know  of  the  nature  and  tendencies  of  the 
Gospel,  that  it  is  an  instrument  framed  by  infinite  wisdom, 
and  clothed  with  divine   power,  by   whose  means  the  earth 


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may  be  filled  with  holiness  and  bliss,  who  can  measure  the 
responsibility  which  our  Lord  laid  upon  us,  when  he  put  this 
instrument  into  our  hands  ?  How  shall  we  stand  before 
him,  when  he  shall  come  in  glory  and  power,  and  summon 
us  into  his  presence  to  receive  our  reward  or  punishment ; 
if  we  shall  be  found  unfaithful  to  such  a  trust,  and  have 
failed  to  meet  such  a  responsibility  ?  if  we  suffer  the  earth 
to  remain  shrouded  in  darkness,  while  we  hold  in  our  hands 
the  light  by  which  that  darkness  may  be  scattered  ;  if  the 
kingdom  of  Satan  prevails  and  flourishes ;  while  we  are 
grasping  the  very  weapon  by  which  it  may  be  overthrown. 

But  there  is  still  another  view  of  the  value  of  the  Gospel, 
in  comparison  with  which  the  considerations  that  have  yet 
been  presented  dwindle  almost  into  insignificance.  The 
grand  design  of  the  Gospel  is  to  save  the  soul  from  the  bitter 
pains  of  the  second  death,  and  prepare  it  for  the  purity  and 
bliss  of  heaven.  The  interests  which  it  seeks  to  advance 
are  not  so  much  temporal  as  eternal.  They  are  interests  in 
comparison  with  which  those  of  States  and  Empires  are  of 
trifling  importance.  It  is  a  gross  and  dangerous  error,  it  is 
an  infinite  degradation  of  the  Gospel,  to  regard  it  as  an  in- 
strument designed  merely  to  communicate  temporal  bene- 
fits to  the  human  family.  It  is  only  when  considered  with 
reference  to  the  eternal  destinies  of  man,  that  its  importance 
can  be  duly  estimated.  The  only  correct  measure  of  its  val- 
ue, is  the  worth  of  the  soul.  But  who  can  estimate  the 
worth  of  that  which  is  immortal,  and  must  be  happy  or  mis- 
erable forever  ?  Were  the  ages  of  all  that  have  lived  or  shall 
yet  live  down  to  the  final  consummation,  added  into  one 
sum,  the  time  must  come  to  every  human  soul,  when  it  will 
have  lived  longer  than  all  these  years,  and  of  course  have 
enjoyed  or  suffered  more  than  all  this  mighty  host ;  and  ev- 
en then  it  will  be  no  nearer  the  termination  of  its  existence. 
How  awful  is  the  question  whether  one  soul  shall  be  saved 
or  lost — or  whether  it  shall  dwell  in  heaven, where  knowledge 


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will  ripen  into  higher  knowledge,  love  melt  into  intenser  love, 
raptures  rise  into  more  seraphic  raptures,  and  anthems  swell 
into  louder  anthems,  forever, — or  whether  it  will  sink  to  hell 
where  depravity  will  change  into  deeper  depravity,  despair 
darken  into  gloomier  despair,  and  wailings  swell  into  louder 
wailings, — forever  ! — The  decision,  whether  the  soul  shall 
be  saved  or  lost,  is  a  matter  of  infinitely  greater  importance, 
than  whether  an  empire  shall  rise  or  fall,  whether  a  sun  shall 
be  lighted  up  or  extinguished,  or  whether  the  whole  mate- 
rial universe  shall  stand  or  fall. 

What  an  awful  responsibility  was  then  rolled  upon  the 
church,  when  the  ascending  Redeemer  committed  to  its  hand 
that  Gospel  ivhich  is  the  power  of  God  unto  salvation  to 
every  one  that  believeth  ! — that  Gospel  which  was  the  fruit 
of  his  tears  and  blood — that  Gospel  which  is  inseparably  con- 
nected with  the  happiness  of  men  as  individuals  and  com- 
munities, both  in  time  and  eternity  !  If  through  our  neg- 
lect, souls,  for  whose  salvation  Jesus  died,  and  which  might 
have  been  gems  in  his  crown,  have  been  lost  forever  ;  what 
can  we  expect  at  his  coming  but  to  me^t  his  fiery  indigna- 
tion, and  be  overwhelmed  with  confusion  and  dismay  ?  As 
results  of  infinite  importance  are  suspended  on  our  zeal  and 
fidelity,  we  cannot  too  deeply  feel  the  weight  of  the  injunc- 
tion of  our  ascended  Lord — Occupy  till  I  come. 

Not  only  has  our  ascended  Redeemer  laid  on  his  church 
the  immense  responsibility  of  diffusing  the  Gospel  ;  but  de- 
mands that  each  of  his  disciples  should  consecrate  all  his 
energies  to  the  accomplishment  of  this  glorious  work.  The 
field  is  the  world,  and  any  number  of  laborers  can  find  em- 
ployment in  this  spacious  harvest-field.  According  to  the 
express  declarations  of  our  Lord  himself,  an  entire  conse- 
cration of  ourselves  to  his  service,  is  the  only  condition,  on 
which  we  can  be  admitted  among  the  number  of  his  disci- 
ples. Unless  a  man  for  sake  all  that  he  hath,  he  cannot  be 
my  disciple.     How    presumptuous  is  the  hope  of  entering 


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heaven,  on  any  easier  conditions,  than  those  which  are  laid 
down  by  our  Lord  himself?  Yes,  my  Brethren,  if  at 
the  great  day  we  would  be  numbered  among  the  followers 
of  Jesus,  we  must  be  ready  to  forsake  all  for  his  sake,  to  lay 
upon  his  altar  body  and  soul,  and  time,  and  property,  and 
reputation,  and  influence,  and  intellect : — all  are  to  be  con- 
secrated to  him,  and  to  the  end  of  our  lives,  not  one  parti- 
cle of  that  which  we  have  once  offered  up  is  to  be  with- 
drawn from  the  sacrifice.  When  we  enlist  as  soldiers  of  the 
Cross,  we  must  swear  eternal  war  against  the  enemies  of 
Christ  and  his  kingdom  ;  we  must  put  on  the  armor  of  light 
never  to  put  it  off ;  we  must  unsheathe  the  sword  of  the 
Spirit  never  to  return  it  to  the  scabbard,  till  the  Son  of  Man 
shall  summon  us  from  the  battle-field,  to  twine  around  our 
brows  the  wreath  of  victory.  Brethren,  let  us  be  faithful 
unto  death,  that  we  may  receive  a  crown  of  life. 

It  is  only  by  duly  estimating  the  value  of  the  gospel,  and 
thus  realizing  the  immense  responsibility  which  is  laid  upon 
us  by  having  the  gospel  committed  to  our  hands  ;  it  is  only 
by  anticipating  the  results  of  the  judgment  day,  that  we  can 
duly  estimate  the  value  of  time,  and  money,  and  influence, 
and  intellectual  power,  and  all  the  various  gifts  and  talents, 
which  our  divine  Master  has  distributed  in  different  degrees 
to  his  servants.  Shall  we  not  stand  guilty  and  abased  in 
his  presence,  at  his  coming,  if  we  have  not  done  all  we  could 
and  tasked  our  powers  to  the  utmost  to  fill  the  earth  with 
holiness  and  bliss,  to  swell  the  number  of  those  who  shall 
hail  his  approach,  and  grace  his  triumph  ?  Let  us  labor  and 
pray,  as  if  the  last  trumpet  were  sounding  in  our  ears,  the 
brightness  of  our  Lord's  coming  beaming  on  our  eyes.  Let 
us  hear  his  voice  speaking  to  us  from  the  skies, — Occupy  till 
1  come.  Let  us  tremble  lest  we  shall  be  found  among  the 
unfaithful  servants,  when  he  will  be  revealed  from  heaven  in 
flaming  fire,  taking  vengeance  on  them  that  know  not  God 
&nd  obey  not  the  Gospel. 


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As  our  ascended  Lord  has  laid  on  the  whole  church  the 
duty  of  propagating  the  Gospel  through  the  whole  world  ; 
so  he  expects  the  different  branches  of  his  church  to  culti- 
vate the  waste  places  which  are  nearest  and  most  accessible 
to  each.  Whilst  the  American  Churches  should  engage 
cordially  and  earnestly  in  the  great  work  of  evangelizing  the 
heathen  world,  their  first  and  highest  duty  is  to  establish 
and  maintain  the  institutions  of  the  Gospel  within  their  own 
limits.  So  when  our  Lord  says  to  the  churches  of  which  the 
Maine  Missionary  Society  is  the  organ,  Occupy  till  I  come, 
he  must  be  supposed  to  have  a  particular  reference  to  the 
cultivation  of  that  part  of  his  vineyard,  which  lies  within  the 
limits  of  our  own  State.  He  would  not  indeed  have  them 
diminish  their  efforts  to  propagate  the  Gospel  through  the 
whole  world  ;  he  would  rather,  we  may  suppose,  have  them 
increase  those  efforts  ten  fold  ;  but  surely  he  must  consider 
it  to  be  their  first  and  highest  duty  to  cultivate  the  waste 
places,  and  to  supply  the  destitutions,  which  are  found  with- 
in their  own  borders.  If  we  do  not  scatter  the  good  seed  of 
the  kingdom  over  these  desolate  places,  the  enemy  will 
come,  and  sow  tares,  and  then  great  will  be  the  additional 
labor  of  rooting  them  out.  If  the  ground  is  not  soon  occu- 
pied by  the  truth,  it  will  be  overspread  by  some  form  of  er- 
ror. The  true  policy  is,  to  throw  up  the  entrenchments  on 
every  unoccupied  spot,  and  then  instead  of  being  compelled 
to  dislodge  error  from  its  fortresses,  we  shall  have  ramparts 
of  our  own  to  resist  its  assaults. 

Who  are  these  that  are  sending  up  their  earnest  cry  for 
help,  to  the  Maine  Missionary  Society,  and  through  it  to  the 
Congregational  Churches  of  Maine  ?  In  many  cases,  at 
least,  they  are  our  brethren  and  sisters,  who  have  been  for- 
ced to  leave  their  sanctuaries,  their  pastors  and  their  Sab- 
bath Schools  ;  and  now,  in  the  desert  land  to  which  they  are 
gone,  they  sigh  for  the  privileges  which  they  have  left,  and 
which  perhaps  they  prize  the   more  now  that  they  are  lost. 


When  the  Sabbath  morning  comes,  they  are  ready  to  ex- 
claim, oh  that  we  had  a  sanctuary  to  which  we  might  re- 
pair ;  a  servant  of  God  to  proclaim  his  truth,  and  distribute 
among  us  the  holy  symbols  of  the  body  and  blood  of  Jesus  ! 
When  sickness  or  death  invades  their  households,  how 
cheering  to  their  hearts  would  be  the  presence  of  a  pastor, 
to  whisper  in  their  ears  the  sweet  consolations  of  the 
Gospel,  and  utter  a  prayer  over  their  mouldering  dead  ! 
Though  their  wants  may  be  partially  supplied  by  the  minis- 
trations of  other  Evangelical  denominations  ;  yet  they  do 
and  justly  prefer  the  doctrines  and  discipline  in  which  they 
have  been  educated,  and  which  they  have  received  from 
their  pious  ancestors.  They  say  to  us,  brethren,  help  ! 
We  will  do  all  that  we  can  to  assist  ourselves,  and  if 
you  will  afford  us  a  little  help  now,  with  the  blessing  of  God 
we  shall  soon  be  able  to  help  ourselves.  Are  not  these  re- 
quests reasonable  ?  Is  it  not  our  duty  to  give  what  they 
ask?  When  the  ascended  Redeemer  says  to  us, —  Occupy 
till  I  come,  does  he  not  emphatically  demand  that  we  should 
cultivate  our  wastes,  and  supply  our  own  destitute  churches 
with  the  ministrations  of  the  Gospel?  If  we  suffer  our  brethren 
to  languish,  unheard  and  unrelieved,  how  shall  we  meet  our 
Lord  at  his  coming  ;  and  how  shall  we  meet  them  around 
the  judgement  seat  ?  Surely  if  our  churches  did  estimate  the 
value  of  the  Gospel,  and  feel  their  responsibility  to  him  who 
has  said,  Occupy  till  I  come,  the  treasury  of  this  Society 
would  soon  overflow,  with  the  the  cheerful  and  generous 
contributions  of  devoted  and  self-denying  Christians  :  and 
at  the  close  of  another  year,  our  Trustees  would  be  compell- 
ed to  say — the  Lord's  treasury  is  full;  brethren,  it  is  enough. 


THIRTY-FIFTH   ANNIVERSARY. 

The  Maine  Missionary  Society  held  its  Thirty-Fifth  An- 
nual Meeting,  in  the  Meeting  House  of  the  Second  Congre- 
gational Parish  in  Portland,  on  Wednesday  June  22,  1842, 
Rev.  William  T.  Dwight,  President  of  the  Society  in  the 
chair.  The  meeting  was  opened  with  reading  the  Scrip- 
tures, singing,  and  prayer  by  the  President. 

The  Annual  Report  of  the  Trustees,  which  had  been  pre- 
pared by  Rev.  Dr.  Gillett,  Corresponding  Secretary,  was 
read  by  Rev.  Dr.  Tappan. 

On  motion  of  Rev.  Mr.  Chickering,  of  Portland,  seconded 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Brainerd,  of  Philadelphia, 

Resolved,  That  the  Report  be  accepted  and  published  in  the  Christian 
Mirror. 

On  motion  of  Rev.  Ray  Palmer,  of  Bath,  seconded  by 
Rev.  E.  N.  Kirk,  of  Boston, 

Resolved,  That  progress  is  demanded  in  the  Missionary  movement, 
and  must  be  regarded  as  essential  to  its  success. 

The  meeting  was  also  addressed,  with  most  moving  effect, 
on  the  existing  wants  of  the  Society,  by  Rev.  Messrs.  G.  E. 
Adams,  of  Brunswick,  S.  L.  Pomroy,  of  Bangor,  and  J.  C. 
Lovejoy,  of  Hallowell. 

The  Annual  Sermon  before  the  Society  was  preached  by 
Rev.  S.  D.  Ward,  of  Machias.  Prayer  before  sermon  was 
offered  by  Rev.  Mr.  Bond,  of  Norwich,  Conn. 

Voted,  That  Rev.  George  E.  Adams  be  a  Committee  to  present  the 
thanks  of  this  Society  to  the  Rev.  Samuel  D.  Ward,  for  his  sermon  be- 
fore them  this  day,  and  to  request  a  copy  for  publication. 


OFFICERS 

Of  the  Maine  Missionary  Society,  elected  June  22,   1842. 
Rev.  William  T.  Dvvight,  Portland,  President. 
Rev.  Charles  Freeman,  Limerick,  Vice  President. 
Rev.  Eliphalet  Gillett,   D.   D.,    Hallovvell,    Corres- 
ponding and  Recording  Secretary. 

Woodbury  Storer,  Esq.,  Portland,  Treasurer. 
TRUSTEES. 
The  President,  ex  officio. 
Rev.  E.  Gillett,  D.  D. 
Rev.  David  Thurston,  Winthrop. 
Rev.  Benj.  Tappan,  D.  D.,  Augusta. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Ellingwood,  Bath. 
Rev.  Jona.  B.  Condit,  Portland. 
Rev.  Asa  Cummings,  Portland. 
Rev.  Swan  L.  Pomroy,  Bangor. 
Rev.  Edward  F.  Cutter,  Warren. 
Woodbury  Storer,  Esq. 
David  Dunlap,  Esq.,  Brunswick. 
Executive   Committee. — Rev.  Messrs.  Gillett,  Thurston, 
Tappan,  Ellingwood,  Cummings  and  Dwight. 

Auditors. — William  Swan  and  William  C.  Mitchell,  Esqs. 
The  next  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  is  to  be  holden 
at  Bangor,  in  the  Church  of  the  First  Congregational  Socie- 
ty, on  the  fourth  Wednesday  of  June,  A.  D.  1843.  Rev. 
George  W.  Hathaway,  first  Preacher,  Rev.  J.  B.  Condit,  his 
substitute. 


REPORT 
Of  the  Trustees  of  (he  Maine  Missionary  Society,    at  their  Thirty- 
fifth  Annual  Meeting,  in  Portland,  June  %%  1842. 

Since  the  last  anniversary  of  this  Society,  two  of  the  Missionaries  in 
their  employment,  Rev.  Weston  B.  Adams  and  Rev.  Joseph  Searlo,  have 
closed  their  labors  on  earth  and  gone  to  their  rest ;  the  former  in  Sep- 
tember last,  and  the  latter  in  December  following.  Both  died  in  the 
midst  of  life  and  usefulness,  and  both  with  hopes  full  of  immortality. 
Their  record  is  on  high.  "Blessed  are  the  dead,  which  die  in  the 
Lord,  from  henceforth ;  yea,  saith  the  Spirit,  that  they  may  rest  from 
their  labors  and  their  works  do  follow  them."  The  Trustees  have  also 
to  record  the  decease,  (on  the  9th  of  March  last,)  of  Rev.  Elijah  Kel- 
logg, first  pastor  of  the  2d  Church  in  this  city,  and  late  in  life,  while 
health  and  strength  remained,  for  many  years  a  devoted  and  successful 
Missionary  of  this  Institution.  The  fruits  of  his  labors  are  still  visible 
in  various  parts  of  the  State.  His  active  efforts  in  the  cause  did  not 
cease,  till  he  had  reached  the  period  of  almost  four  6core  years.  H13 
last  days  were  his  best  days.  His  path  was  that  of  the  just,  which  like 
the  shining  light,  shineth  more  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day.  The 
language  of  these  aft'ecting  providences,  to  the  surviving  brethren,  is 
plain  and  imperative, — "Work  while  it  is  day  ;  the  night  cometh,  when 
no  man  can  work." 

In  making  an  exhibit  of  the  operations  of  the  year  past,  we  shall  give 
an  alphabetical  list  of  the  Missionaries  employed,  with  the  places  they 
have  occupied  ;  a  summary  view  of  the  various  results  of  their  labors  ; 
the  state  of  the  treasury ;  and  the  condition,  wants  and  prospects  of  the 
Institution. 

Mphabetical  Lid  of  Missionaries. 

Rev.  Samuel  P.  Abbott,  Houlton,  Aroostook  Co.  3  months.  Mr 
Abbott  is  the  only  settled  minister  in  the  county.  He  ha3  been  or- 
dained to  the  pastoral  care  of  the  church  and  people  at  Houlton,  dur- 
ing his  mission.  The  prospects  are  now  promising,  and  an  unusual 
attention  to  religion  excited.  In  a  communication,  under  date  of  28th 
alt  after  mentioning  several  circumstances  which  seemed  to  prepare 
the  people  for  a  refreshing  from  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  he  adds  : 
"The  7th  of  April,  the  day  of  the  State  Fast,  was  greatly  blessed  to 
us.  Since  then  we  have  been  overshadowed  by  a  cloud  of  mercy,  and 
we  have  reason  to  believe  that  God  has  visited  us  with  the  influences  of 
the  Holy  Ghost.  Our  meetings  are  fully  attended  and  solemn.  Some 
are  anxiously  enquiring  "what  they  must  do  to  be  saved,"  and  a  few  re- 
joice in  hope.  The  state  of  things  continues  to  be  deeply  interesting, 
and  we  are  encouraged  to  believe  that  God  has  richer  blessings  in  store 
for  us,  than  we  have  yet  received.  I  may  safely  say,  the  prospects 
of  the  Church  and  Society  are  very  encouraging.  Another  permanent 
missionary  is  greatly  needed  for  this  county.  1  have  more  than  I  csn 
do  in  Houlton;  and  there  are  Congregational  professors  in  almost  all 
the  towns  around,  who  need  to  be  under  the  care  of  a  spiritual  guide; 
and  if  congregational  influence  is  to  extend  and  spread  in  this  region,  I 
believe  the  ground  ought  now  to  be  occupied.  I  could  write  a  great 
deal  upon  the  importance  of  this  measure,  did  I  suppose  the  Mission 
ary   Society  would  be  able  to  support  a  permanent  missionary  here." 

In  this  region,  tH--<3  is  one  orh^r  minister  who    i^  a  ptafed  r.npph-  nrl 

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preaches  in  two  adjoining  places,  near  the  Aroostook  Road,  Besides 
these,  there  is  no  other  Congregational  minister  resident  in  the  County 
Missionary  labors  have  been  performed,  during  the  past  year,  by  Rev, 
Jotham  Scwall,  Sen.  and  Rev.  George  W.  Fargo,  to  the  amount  of 
about  six  months.  Their  labors  have  been  very  timely.  But  the  field 
is  sa  wide,  that  one  or  two  ought  to  be  permanent  on  the  ground,  and 
have  a  supervision  of  the  whole;  so  that  they  might  be  ready  to  throw 
themselves  into  any  opening,  where  the  Providence  of  God,  or  the  ne- 
cessities of  the  people  should  call  them. 

Rev.  Aaron  C  Adams,  Gardiner,  Kennebec  Co.  2  months. 

Mr.  Adams  has  been  dismissed  from  his  charge  in  this  place,  and  haa 
removed  to  Massachusetts. 

Rev.    Weston   B.   Adams,   Piscataquis  County,  1  1-2  months. 

This  missionary  deceased,  before  the  close  of  his  appointed  labors. 

Rev,  Silas  Baker,  Standish,  Cumberland   Co.  3  months. 

Mr.  Baker  states  ;  "Since  my  coming  here,  the  congregation  on  the 
Sabbath  has  more  than  doubled  in  numbers,  and  is  thought  by  those  best 
acquainted  to  be  much  larger  at  the  present  time,  than  ever  before 
since  the  formation  of  the  Society."  Through  want  of  health,  he  has  dis- 
continued  his   ministerial  labors. 

Rev.  Uriah  Balkham,  Union,  Lincoln   Co.  1  3-4  months. 

Rev.  Mighill  Blood,  Hancock  and  Waldo  Co.  3  months, 

Mr,  Blood  visited  all  the  destitute  Churches  in  these  Counties,  His 
Report  states  in  regard  to  Swanville  ;  "I  spent  three   Sabbaths   in  this 

Slace  and  administered  the  Lord's  Supper.  Since  that  time,  there  has 
een  a  pleasant  revival  of  religion  and  about  fifteen  give  evidence  of 
conversion."  Mr.  Carruthers  was  there  at  the  time  of  the  revival,  and 
aided  in  the  good  work. 

Rev.    George  W.  Bourne,  Sanford,   York  Co.   3  months. 
"During-  the  year,  a  neat  and  commodious  house  of  worship  has  been 
erected.    The  cause  of  Temperance  flourishing." 

Rev.  Charles  M.  Brown,  Islands  of  the  Penobscot  Bay,  3  months. 
Rev.  George  Brown,  Albion  and  Unity,  3  months. 
Rev.  Joseph    H.  Conant,  Chesterville  and  Fayette,  1  month, 
Mr.  Ccnant,    under  date  of  9th  inst,  reports;  "With  us  the  Lord  has 
bestowed  quickening  grace   of  late,  and  a   few,  we  trust,  have  passed 
from  death  unto  life." 

Rev.  Isaac  Carlton,  Oxford,  Oxford  Co.  2  3-4  months. 
Rev.     James  Carruthers,  12  months. 

His  labors  have  been  chiefly  in  Franklin  and  Penobscot  Counties. 
''I  have  labored,  he  states,  in  18  towns  and  2  plantations.  In  Phillips, 
there  were  20  hopeful  converts ;  in  Flagstaff  7  ;  and  in  Atkinson  a  new 
Church  has  been  organized  of  10  members.  Here  in  North  Bangor 
also,  we  have  had  a  revival,  and  about  31,  I  think,  have  obtained  hope  , 
none  of  whom  have  as  yet  joined  to  the  Church." 

Mr,  Carruthers  has  also  assisted  his  brethren  in  the  ministry,  in  va- 
rious places,  where  they  have  had  a  revival  of  God's  work. 
Rev.  Timothy  Davis,  Litchfield,  Kennebec  Co.  3  months- 
Mr,  Davis  states:  "This  church  continues  to  enjoy  peace  and  harmo- 
ny ;  but  we  need  much  more  of  the  quickening  influences  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  There  have  been,  several  times  in  the  course  of  the  past  year, 
an  unusual  fervor  and  engagedness  in  our  prayer  meetings,  as  also  more 
than  common  solemnity  and  attention  to  instruction  in  the  Sabbath 
school  and  in  our  meeting  on  the  Sabbath ;  but  no  conversion  of  sin- 
ner,      The  Chnrch  is  so  situated,  as  to  depend  chiefly  upon  the  children 


of  its    members  tor  enlargement  ;    ami    our   attention    haa   been  called 
especially  to  the  religious  instruction  of  vouth." 

Rev.  William  Davenport,  Perry,  2  3-4  months. 

This  church  and  society  have  new  assumed  the  support  of  the  gospel 
to  themselves. 

Rev.  Nathan  Douglass,  St.  Albans  and  Vicinity  1  3-4  months. 

Rev.  Samuel  S.  Drake,  Garland,  Piscataquis  Co.  3  months. 

Mr.  Drake  reports  "a  revival  ot  religion,  17  having  joined  to  the 
Church,  (10  by  profession  and  seven  by  letter,)  and  several  stand  pro- 
pounded for  admission." 

Rev.  Charles  Duren,  Sangerville  and  Abbot,  Piscataquis  Co.  4  1-2 
months. 

Mr.  Duren  supplies,  on  the  Sabbath,  in  four  places  successively,  at 
Sangerville,  East  Sangerville,  Guilford  and  Abbot ;  though  there  are 
but  two  churches.  He  says,  in  his  report ;  "This  has  been  a  memorable 
year  to  the  Churches  in  this  county.  I  have  been  permitted,  in  my  field 
of  labor,  to  witness  many  deeply  interesting  meetings,  and  to  rejoice 
over  some  conversions.  But  as  there  are  several  denominations,  it  is 
not  known  what  Churches  will  receive  accessions.  In  Guilford,  there 
has  been  a  precious  work  of  grace,  and  about  a  dozen  case3  of  hopeful 
conversion.  This  is  in  a  neighborhood  chiefly  of  Methodists  and  Bap- 
tists. In  East  Sangerville  also,  where  I  preach  one  fourth  of  the  time, 
the  cause  of  Temperance  has  greatly  prevailed.  More  attention  is  now 
given  to  religious  meetings,  and  some  have  become  hopefully  pious"; 
though  none  as  yet  have  joined  to  any  Church.  In  Abbot,  our  new  and 
small  Church  is  regarded  with  increased  favor.  Several  encouraging 
circumstances  have  occurred.  I  think  I  may  say,  that  advancement  has 
been  made,  during  the  year,  in  the  hold  which  theCongregational  Church- 
es of  Sangerville  and  Abbot  have  on  the  community; yet  there  has  been 
very  little  change  in  their  pecuniary  strength." 

Rev.  Joshua  Eaton,  Dexter  and  Corinna,  3  months 

Mr.  Eaton  writes  ;  "There  has  been  some  revival  of  religion  in  Corin- 
na. Last  Sabbath  was  communion,and  five  members  were" received  into 
the  Church.  There  are  more,  who,  I  think,  will  unite  with  the  church  soon ; 
and  things  look  more  and  more  encouraging." 

Rev.  George  W.  Fargo,  Aroostook  Co?,  6  months. 

In  a  communication  under  date  of  30th  ult.,  he  states  ;  "  At  the  close 
of  the  June  meeting  in  1841, 1  returned  to  the  Aroostook,  preaching  and 
visiting  on  my  way  at  Perry,  Topsfield  and  Weston.  After  arriving  on 
the  ground,  I  spent  6  weeks  in  all,  supplying  at  Foxcroft,  Belfast,  Hodg- 
don,Monticello,  and  many  other  places."  In  December  he  set  out  again, 
for  this  same  field  of  labor,  but  on  account  of  the  badness  of  the  travel- 
ling, could  get  no  farther  then,  than  Blanchard.  Detained  here,he  imme- 
diately commenced  daily  labors,  in  connexion  with  Mr.  Ilsley,  pastor  of 
the  Church  in  the  adjoining  town  ;  and  such  was  the  attention  to  re- 
ligion, that  he  continued  8  weeks.  In  alluding  to  it,  he  writes  ;  "  The 
revival  commenced  at  once,  under  our  joint  efforts,  both  with  the  Church 
and  with  sinners.  A  more  clear  and  distinguished  manifestation  of  di- 
vine grace  it  has  never  before  been  my  happiness  to  witness.  45  have 
been  hopefully  converted  to  the  Lord,  and  32  have  united  with  the 
Church." 

Mr.  Nathaniel  I.  Fay,  Cherryfield,  Washington  Co.  I  month. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Follett,  Forks  of  the  Kennebec,  1  month. 

Mr.  Joseph  Freeman,  Atkinson  and  Bradford,  Penobscot  Co.  I  month 

Rev.  AmosN.  Freeman,  Abyssinian  Church,  Portland,  2  months 


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In  this  Report,  under  date  of  4th  inst  Mr.  Freeman  states  ;  "  Sice 
the  commencement  of  the  year,  many  have  been  led  to  inquire,  what  they 
must  do  to  be  saved.  And  we  trust  that  a  number  of  those  that  have 
made  the  inquiry,  have  been  led  to  rejoice  in  God's  pardoning  grace. 
The  number  belonging  to  the  Church  is  56  ;  of  which  28  have  been  ad- 
ded within  the  last  10  months.  About  40  belong  to  the  Sabbath  School, 
and  180  to  the  Temperance  Society.  Contributions  to  Foreign  and 
Home  Missions,  about  15  dollars." 

Rev.  David  Gerry,  Hiram  and  Brownfield,  Oxford  Co.  3  months. 

Rev.  Solomon  B.  Gilbert,  Newfield,  York  Co.  2  months. 

Rev.  James  Gooch,  Patten,  Aroostook  Co.  3  1-2  months. 

Mr.  Alpheus  Grover,  Unity  and  Thorndike,  Waldo  Co.  1  month. 

Rev.  Israel  Hills,  Lovell,  Oxford  Co.  3  months. 

Rev.  E.  S.  Hopkins,  Rumford,  Oxford  Co.  3  months. 

Rev.  Horatio  Ilsley,  Monson  and  Blanchard,  3  months. 

Mr.  Ilsley  has  been  installed,  during  his  mission,  at  Monson ;  but 
spends  one  fourth  of  his  time,  at  the  adjoining  town  of  Blanchard.  After 
alluding  to  the  revival  of  religion,  in  the  latter  place,  under  the  joint  la- 
bors of  nimself  and  Mr.  Fargo,  his  Report  adds  ;  "Here  in  Monson  too, 
there  have  been  the  goings  of  our  God.  About  the  first  of  January  I 
commenced  a  series  of  evening  meetings,  which  were  owned  and  bles- 
sed of  heaven.  It  was  soon  evident  that  the  Spirit  of  God  was  moving 
upon  the  hearts  of  many,  and  especially  the  young.  The  meetings  be- 
came crowded,  and  it  was  not  many  evenings,  before  some  were  found 
rejoicing  in  hope.  The  Spirit  here  seemed  to  work  by  the  still,  small 
voice.  There  was  very  little  excitement.  Every  thing  was  solemn  and 
still,  while  the  truth  found  its  way  to  the  heart,  accompanied  with  the 
Holy  Ghost  sent  down  from  heaven.  The  Bible  class  consisted  of  about 
30  young  people,  the  most  of  whom  have  become  hopeful  converts.  The 
work  went  forward  gradually,  till  about  40  had  hopefully  found  the  Sa- 
viour. 23  have  joined  to  the  Church  ;  18  by  profession,  and  5  by  letter. 
The  Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  us,  whereof  we  are  glad." 

Rsv.  Henry  C.  Jewett,  Winslow  and  Fairfield,  3  months. 

Mr.  Jewett  has  been  dismissed  from  hie  pastoral  charge  at  Winslow, 
and  has  gone  to  Massachusetts. 

Jlev.  William  V.  Jordan,  Dixfield,  2  1-2  months. 

Mr.  Jordan  has  been  dismissed  from  his  pastoral  care  of  the  Church  at 
.Dixfield,  and  is  now  supplying  the  desk  at  Pownal. 

Rev.  Daniel  Kendrick,  Lyman,  York  Co.  2  1-2  months. 

Mr.  Kendrick,  under  date  of  Gth  inst.  reports  ;  "  during  the  last  two 
months,  we  have  been  blessed  with  the  special  influences  of  the  Spirit 
of  God,  in  this  place.  Many  of  the  members  of  the  Church  have  been 
greatly  refreshed.  Many  family  altars  have  been  erected,  by  those  who 
have  heretofore  acknowledged  and  neglected  the  duty  of  prayer.  Some 
backsliders  have  been  reclaimed ;  some  old  hopes  revived  ;  and  about 
20  indulge  the  hope,  that  they  have  passed  from  death  unto  life." 

Rev.  Reuben  Kimball,  Kittery,  York  Co.,  3  months. 

Rev.  Le"i  Loring,  Anson  and  Athens,  Somerset  Co.  3  months. 

Rev.  Amasa  Loring,  Shapleigh,  York   Co.  3  months. 

Mr.  Loring  has  been  ordained  to  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Church  iu 
Shapleigh,   during  his  mission. 

Rev.  Asa  T.  Loring,  Dixmont,  Penobscot  Co.  1  3-4  months. 

Mr.  Loring  has  left  this  stand,  and  has  taken  the  pastoral  care  of  the 
Church  in  Phipsburg. 

Rev.   Silas  Mr-Keen.  Belfast.  Waldo  Ho.  2  1-2  months. 


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Mr.  MeKeen  has  been  diamissed  from  this  Church,  and  since  re-settled 
ever  the  Church  and  people  of  his  former  pastoral  care  in  Vermont. 

Rev.  James  McCollom,  Pittston,  Kennebec  Co.  3  months. 

A  revival  of  religion  i9  reported  here,  and  "about  20  hopeful  converts." 

Rev.  Josiah  G.  Merrill,  Washington  and  Windsor,  3  1-4  months. 

Mr.  Merrill  is  pastor  of  the  Church  in  Washington,  but  supplies  at 
Windsor  one  fourth  of  the  time.  He  reports  a  revival  of  religion  in 
both  places ;  but  does  not  specify  the  number  of  hopeful  converts.  It  is 
learned,  from  another  source,  that  they  have  hope  of  a  little  rising  of 
twenty  in  Windsor. 

Rev.  Henry   A.  Merrill,   Limington,  York  Co.  3  months. 

Rev.  Stephen  Merrill,  Lisbon,  Lincoln   Co.  3  months. 

Mr.  Alpha  Morton,  Raymond,  Windsor  and  Clinton,  2  3-4  months. 

Rev.  Robert  Page,   Levant   and   Exeter,  4   1-2  months. 

Rev.  Calvin  E.  Park,  Waterville,  1  3-4  months. 

Rev.  Wuoster  Parker,   Frankfort,   Waldo   Co.  3  months. 

Rev.  Josiah  W.  Peet,  Gardiner,   Kennebec  Co.  2  months. 

Mr.  Peet  has  been  ordained  to  the  pastoral  care  of  the  Church  in 
Gardiner,  during  his  mission. 

Rev.  John  Perham,  New  Portland  and  Flagstaff,  Somerset  Co.  1  3-4 
months. 

Mr.  Perham  has  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Church  in  Industry,  and  the 
members  in  Flagstaff,  (though  at  a  distance,)  are  a  branch  of  that  Church. 
His  report  states;  "  three  have  been  added  to  the  branch  of  the  Industry 
Church  at  Flagstaff  by  profession.  On  a  recent  visit  to  that  place,  I 
saw  the  members  enjoying  the  smiles  of  the  Saviour.  It  was  sweet  to 
witness  the  effect  of  the  gospel  there.  And  I  would  here  add,  that  anoth- 
er branch  of  the  Industry  Church  was  lately  formed  at  Lexington, 
twenty  miles  this  side  of  Flagstaff,  consisting  of  11  members,  all  re- 
ceived by  profession.  These  members  are  the  fruits  of  a  revival,  which 
has  been  in  progress  there  for  several  months.  All  but  three  are  heads 
of  families,  and  all  of  them  are  young.  This  is  a  new  and  promising 
field  for  missionary  labor.  Including  the  additions  at  Flagstaff  and  Lex- 
ington, the  Church  of  Industry  has  received  19  members,  17  by  profes- 
sion and  2  by  letter.  There  have  been  19  baptisms.  This  Church  has 
been  some  revived,  during  the  winter  and  spring,  and  several  young 
persons  have  been  hopefully  converted  to  God." 

Rev.  William  Pierce,  Cape  Elizabeth,  2  months. 

Under  date  of  31st  ult.  Mr.  Pierce  writes  ;  "  Just  a  year  ago  I  com- 
menced laboring  with  this  people,  under  discouraging  circumstances. 
But  soon,  a  general  seriousness  seemed  to  pervade  the  congregation, 
attended  with  some  hopeful  conversions  ;  and  the  work  has  gone  on 
gradually,  until,  (as  we  have  reason  to  believe,)  nearly  30  have  ob- 
tained peace,  in  the  atoning  blood  of  the  Lamb  of  God,  which  taketh 
away  the  sin  of  the  world." 

Mr.  Enoch  Pono,  Jr.  Orrington,   Penobscot  Co.  1  month. 

Rev.  Henry  Richardson,  Gilead,  Oxford  Co.  1  3-4  month.s 

Rev.   John  Sawyer,  Atkinson  and  Bradford,  1  month. 

Rev.  Joseph  Searle,  Harrison,  Cumberland  Co.  3  months. 

Mr.  Searle  deceased,  before  his  mission  was  wholly  fulfilled. 

Rev.  Jotham  Sewall,  Lincoln  and  vicinity,Penobscot  Co.3  1-4  months. 

Mr.  Sewall  states  in  his  journal  ;  "  I  spent  the  time  principally  in 
'Lincoln  and  Burlington.  I  took  one  excursion  up  the  Aroostook  Road, 
spending  rather  more  than  three  weeks  on  the  tour.  I  spent  a  few  days, 
ranging   up   the  Piscataquis.     In  the  course  of  the  mission,    which   I 


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commenced  16th  of  March,  1  preached  05  tunes  ;  attended  1  Church 
Conferences,  and  a  few  prayer  meetings  ;  administered  the  Lord's  Sup- 
per three  times  ;  baptized  7  children  ;  visited  several  Sabbath  Schools  ; 
made  231  family  visits  ;  attended  one  funeral  ;  and  collected  for  the 
use  of  the  Society  $31,67." 

Rev.  Jotham  Sewall,  Jr.  Westbrook,  2  3-4  months. 

Mr.  Sewall  has  been  dismissed  from  his  pastoral  charge  in  this  pkce, 
and  has  been  since  supplying  at  Harrison. 

Rev.  William  S.  Sewall,  Brownville  and  Milo,  3  months. 

"When  I  look  back  one  year,  (his  Report  states, )and  contrast  the  pres- 
ent state  of  things,  in  both  these  places,  with  what  it  was  then,  I  am 
constrained  to  exclaim,  "The  Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  us,  where- 
of we  are  glad."  In  Brownville,  some  tokens  of  good  appeared,  at  the 
commencement  of  the  year,  evidently  in  arswer  to  the  prayer,  Wilt 
thou  revive  us  again  !  There  seemed  to  be  an  increasing  interest  in 
meetings,  and  a  desire  to  have  them  multiplied.  About  the  last  of 
March,  our  Methodist  brethren  held  a  protracted  meeting,which  resulted 
in  the  hopeful  conversion  of  a  goodly  number.  After  their  meeting  clo- 
sed, we  held  one,  commencing  on  the  6th  of  April.  A  general  solemnity 
prevailed,and  God  was  pleased  to  pour  out  his  Spirit  and  convert  sinners. 
The  meeting  continued  a  week,  and  since  that  time,  we  have  kept 
up  our  evening  meetings.  Many,  I  hope,  have  been  brought  to  submit  to 
God  ;  and  believe  in  Christ.  The  conversions  are  principally  among  the 
young,  and  for  the  most  part,  the  children  of  the  Church.  It  is  thought 
there  have  been  60  or  70  conversions  here  ;  and  this  is  a  large  number 
for  so  small  a  town,  consisting  of  only  6  or  7  hundred  inhabitants. 

Milo  has  also  shared  in  the  out-pouring  of  the  Spirit.  A  protrac- 
ted meeting  there,  was  blessed  to  the  conversion  of  about  20  individuals, 
some  of  whom  are  qualified  to  exert  a  decided  influence  in  the  cause 
of  the  Redeemer.  God  has  truly  wrought  wonders  of  grace  for  us, 
in  these   two  places  ;  and  the  good  work  is  still  in  progress." 

Rev.  Nathan  W.  Sheldon,  Gray,  2  1-2  months. 

Mr.  Sheldon,  in  a  communication  under  date  of  27th  ult.  states; 
"  Although  I  am  not  permitted  to  report  a  revival  of  religion,  or  tell  of 
many  hopefully  converted  and  brought  into  the  Church  of  Christ ;  yet  I 
think  we  can  say,  the  Lord  has  been,  in  some  measure,  among  us.  In- 
dividuals of  the  Church  have  been  quickened,  and  a  few  among  the  im- 
penitent brought  to  see  and  feel  that  they  are  sinners.  Special  means  have 
been  used  for  the  purpose  of  arousing  the  Church  to  feeling  and  effort; 
and  it  is  believed  not  altogether  without  effect.  Still  as  a  body,  we  are 
not  quickened,  in  any  considerable  degree  ;  and  here  may  be  found  the 
reason,  perhaps,  why  we  have  not  had  the  divine  influences  more  uni- 
versally shed  forth  upon  us.  Our  congregation  is  small  ;  but  gradually 
increasing,  as  we  believe." 

Rev.  Oren  Sikes,  Mercer  and  Belgrade,  4    1-2  months. 

Mr.  Joseph  Smith,  Old  Town,  1   1-2  months. 

This  is  an  outpost  of  our  Zion  ;  and  though  once  flourishing,  as  a  So- 
ciety, has  suffered,  much  from  the  depression  of  the  times;  has  been 
scattered  and  weakened.  "I  found  the  church,  says  Mr.  Smith,  small 
and  feeble  ;  numbering  but  about  26  resident  members.  Most  of  them 
are  active  in  the  service  of  God  and  exert  a  good  influence.  The  at- 
tendance on  public  worship  was  good,  and  the  audience  was  at  the  close 
of  my  mission,  twice  as  large  as  at  the  beginning ;  numbering  more  than 
two  hundred ;  being  larger  than  it  had  ever  been  for  six  years  previous. 
The  people  gave  good  attention  to  the   truth,  and  seemed  favorably    af- 


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fected  by  it.  There  are  several  anxiously  enquiring,  what  they  must 
do  to  be  saved." 

Rev.  Charles  Soule,  Norway.  3  months. 

Rev.  Samuel  Stone,  2d  Church,  York,  3  months. 

Rev.  James  P.  Stone,  East  Prospect,  3  months. 

Rev.  Cyrus  Stone,  Bingham  and  Solon,  Somerset  Co.  3  months. 

Mr.  Stone, during  his  mission,  has  been  installed  over  the  Church  at 
Bingham,  but  spends  a  portion  of  his  time  at  Solon  village,  6  miles  dis- 
tant, where  there  had  been  some  attention  to  religion,  and  a  church  or- 
ganized. His  report  states  in  regard  to  Bingham;  "The  church  has 
on  its  records  about  90  members,  the  great  proportion  of  whom  are  females 
and  arc  so  scattered  through  the  region,  that  we  seldom  have  more  than 
40  or  50,  at  a  communion  season.  There  have  been  some  few  cases 
of  hopeful  conversion,  since  my  installment,but  no  additions  to  the  church. 

In  Solon  Village,  a  church  was  organized  of  10  members,  in  Febru- 
ary last.  Since  that  time,  8  have  been  added  by  profession.  These  are 
the  truits  of  a  revival,  during  the  winter  and  spring." 

As  Mr.  Stone  has  been,  one  half  of  the  time  in  Bingham,  and  one 
fourth  of  the  time  in  Solon,it  left  him  one  fourth  of  the  time  to  spend  at 
the  Forks  of  the  Kennebec,  and  further  on  towards  Canada.  Here,  in 
addition  to  preaching  the  gospel,  he  distributed  Bibles  and  Tracts.  He 
represents  the  region,  as  very  destitute  of  gospel  ordinances,  and  adds 
that  "he  feels  himself  as  much  on  missionary  ground,  as  he  did,  when 
preaching  the  gospel  and  distributing  Bibles  and  Tracts  in  India. 

Rev.  Micah  W.  Strickland,  Aurora  and  Amherst,  Hancock  Co.  3 
months. 

Mr.  Strickland  was  installed  over  the  Church  in  these  two  towns,  on 
the  9th  inst.  He  states  ;  "The  Church  here  is  small,  consisting  of  only 
28  members,  and  nine  of  these  so  far  away  that  they  could  not  be  called 
resident  members.  Of  the  remaining  19,  four  have  been  added  by  letter, 
during  the  year.  The  assembly  on  the  Sabbath,  is,  in  many  respects,  in- 
teresting, it  being  composed  of  a  very  great  proportion  of  young  people  ; 
and  the  number  of  worshippers,  though  not  large,  is  increasing." 

Rev.  George  F.  Tewksbury,  Albany,  3  months. 

R.ev,  Josiah  Tucker,  Madison  and  Vicinity,  3 1-2  months. 

Rev.  David  Turner,  New  Vineyard,  Franklin  Co.  1  month. 

Rev.  Thomas  Williams,  Poland,  3  months. 

Mr.  Williams' report  states  ;  "The  first  part  of  the  year,  religion  was 
low.  About  the  first  of  March  a  protracted  meeting  was  held,  and  con- 
tinued in  different  school  districts,  through  March  and  April.  The  re- 
sults were,a  few  cases  of  hopeful  conversion,  the  return  of  a  number  of 
backsliders,  and  a  considerable  increase  of  piety  in  a  large  portion  of  the 
Church,  At  present  there  is  a  greater  degree  of  harmony  and  spirit- 
uality in  the  Church,  than  has  existed  for  a  long  time." 

Summary  view  of  labors  and  results. 

There  have  been  in  the  employment  of  the  Society,  in  the  course  of 
the  year  past,  missionaries,  whose  labours  amount  to  a  little  more  than 
20  years.  They  have  not  labored  in  vain  nor  spent  their  strength  for 
nought,  A  blessing  has  followed  in  the  train  of  their  watchfulness, 
prayers  and  toils.  Few  seasons,  since  the  organization  of  this  Society, 
have  presented  more  manifest  occasion,  gratefully  to  acknowledge  the 
goings  of  God,  In  27  places,  where  missionaries  have  labored,  there 
nave  been  peyivajs  of  religion,  of  greater  or  less  extent;  some  of  them 
in  the  waking  up  of  almost  the  whole  population.  The  reported  hopeful 
converts  number  about  500,    And  in  some  of  these  places,  the  work  of  God 


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is  still  in  progress.  Except  iu  the  single  circumstance  of  embarrassment 
for  want  of  funds  to  carry  on  the  operations  of  the  Society  extensively, 
the  year  has  been  marked  with  signal  success.  In  many  instances  the 
interval  has  been  short,  between  the  seedtime  and  the  harvest.  At  such 
a  season,  it  is  doubly  important  to  multiply  means  and  extend  operations, 
when  every  effort  tells,  every  exertion  brings  a  blessing  with  it.  The  in- 
gathering of  this  single  year  into  the  garner  of  the  Lord,  infinitely  out- 
weighs in  value  all  the  expenditures  of  the  Society,  from  its  first  endeav- 
orsto  build  up  Zion.  Eternity  only  can  develope  its  full  importanca 
How  much  reason  is  there  to  exclaim,  with  holy  gratitude,  "And  what 
hath  God  wrought  !" 

Slate  of  the  Treasury. 

The  current  expenses  of  the  year  have  been  $G,  593  dollars.  Of  this 
sum,  the  treasurer  has  paid  about  $2,000,  leaving  a  balance  of  about  $4,- 
500  to  be  brought  in,  or  contributed,  at  this  meeting,  to  enable  the  Trua 
tees  to  meet  their  pledges  to  those  who  have  been  laborers  in  the  field. 

At  the  last  anniversary,  was  a  debt  contracted,  of  1500  dollars,  to  ad- 
just the  concerns  of  the  year  then  ending.  This  sum,  added  to  the  cur- 
ent  expenses  of  the  year,  would  make  an  amount  of  $8,092,  to  meet  all 
the  liabilities  of  the  Society.  But  as  this  is  not  quite  equal  to  50  cents  to 
each  Church-member  in  the  state  for  the  year,  it  is  hoped  that  the  receipts 
will  be  such,  that  the  Society  may  commence  the  coming  year  without 
debt,  and  under  happy  auspices.  Those  who  have  reaped  down  your 
fields  are  now  looking  for  the  remuneration  of  their  services.  The  la- 
borer is  worthy  of  his  hire. 

The  Report  of  the  Treasurer  will  be  read,  and  there  will  appear  a 
6tnall  balance  in  favor  of  the  Society  ;  but  it  must  be  kept  in  mind, 
that  more  than  $4,000  are  due  to  missionaries,  payable  at  this  time. 

Early  occupancy  of  fields  of  labor. 

In  every  village  or  settlement,  rising  up  in  the  bosom  of  the  wilder- 
ness, there  will  be  some  kind  of  religion.  If  they  have  not  the  true  re- 
ligion, they  will  embrace  that  which  is  false.  It  is  of  great  moment, 
then,  that  truth  should  pre-occupy  the  whole  ground.  It  is  much  easier, 
as  also  a  much  less  waste  of  wealth,  to  guide  people  in  the  right  way, 
when  first  forming  into  communities,  than  to  reclaim  them,  after  they 
have  settled  down  in  error  and  delusion.  The  field  for  missionary 
effort  should  be  cultivated,before  it  is  grown  over  with  briars  and  thorns. 

The  chief  object  this  Society  had  in  view,  when  originally  formed, 
was  the  assistance  of  feeble  Churches  in  sustaining  the  ordinances 
of  Christian  worship.  It  has  never  lost  sight  of  this  object.  Whenever 
its  means  have  been  sufficient,it  has  had  some  missionaries  at  large,  in 
more  extended  fields  ;  but  most  of  its  laborers  have  always  been,  where 
Churches  were  already  formed;  or  were  about  to  be  formed  by  its  in- 
strumentality. In  this  way,  it  has  aided  all  the  churches  in  the  state, 
except  39;  that  is  more  than  four  fifths  of  the  whole.  Many  of  those 
once  aided,  now  support  the  gospel,  and  contribute  of  their  substance 
to  sustain  the  more  needy  around  them.  About  one  half  of  the  Churches, 
that  is,  more  than  100,  still  look  to  this  Society  for  assistance.  Some  are 
gaining  strength  ;  so  that  a  few,  every  year,  may  be  expected  to  assume 
the   support  of  the  gospel  to  themselves. 

But  the  time  has  now  fully  come,  that  demands  more  extended  opera- 
tions.  The  Society  should  be  enabled  to  listen  to  every  passing  call, 
and  to  immediately  occupy  every  new  opening,  through  the  extent  of  the 
State.     What  is  to   be   done    should  be    done    quickly.     Duty  requires 


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iL  The  momentous  nature  of  the  subject  requires  it.  Economy  requires 
it.  Delay  multiplies  the  obstacles,and  casts  a  thickening  shade  over  the 
prospect.  A  few  hundred  dollars,  at  this  early  period  of  the  new  settle- 
ments, would,  to  human  appearance,  subserve  the  cause  more  than  as 
many  thousands,  after  they  had  been  led  astray,  and  felt  the  blighting 
influence  of  error  and  unbelief. 

Importance  of  Home  Missions. 

Though  Home  Missions  have  been  succcssfullyprosecuted  for  year?, 
and  Churches  have  been  planted  and  nourished  and  beautified  with  sal- 
vation ;  yet  the  cause  does  not  seem  to  have  that  universal  and  strong 
hold  upon  the  mind,  which  its  importance  demands.  It  has  a  saluta° 
ry  bearing  upon  every  department  of  life.  Its  kindly  influence  is  neces- 
sary to  the  support  of  an  equal,  righteous  and  free  civil  government;  and 
it  contributes  to  the  happiness  of  every  condition  in  social  life.  So  that 
the  civilian  and  philanthropist,  as  well  as  the  Christian,  may  be  appeal- 
ed to,  in  its  behalf.  Where  the  home  missionary  is,  there  is  carried 
forward  every  good  work.  The  rising  generation,  to  whom  will  soon 
be  committed  the  affairs  both  of  Church  and  State,  are  not  only  placed 
in  a  condition,  favorable  to  general  intelligence,  but  are  instructed  in 
Sabbath  Schools  and  Bible  classes,  and  prepared  to  exert,  when  they 
come  upon  the  theatre  of  action,  a  holy  influence,  which  will  make  the 
world    wiser  and  better,  for  their  having  lived  in  it. 

Our  country  presents  a  vast  field  for  operation.  The  National  So- 
ciety, to  which  this  is  auxiliary,  is  making  noble  and  successful  efforts  to 
accompany  with  the  Gospel,  the  emigration  to  the  South  and  to  the 
West;  and  to  cause  the  means  of  religion  to  keep  uace  with  the  rapidi- 
ty of  population.  And  there  is  a  wide  extent  also  within  our  own  limits, 
which  calls  for  constant  and  laborious  efforts.  Our  State  numbers  some- 
what more  than  half  a  million  ;  and  a  great  portion  of  these  are  destitute 
of  the  stated  means  of  grace,  scattered  over  an  extended  territory,  and 
making  their  inroads  upon  the  wilderness.  If  a  foreign  field  is  not  en- 
tered upon  by  one  portion  of  Christendom,  it  maybe  taken  up  by  a- 
nother.  But  if  we  do  not  cultivate  this  home  field,  who  will?  It  i3 
placed  under  our  own  supervision,  and  if  we  neglect  it,  it  goes  to  waste. 
Let  communities  grow  up  without  the  salutary  influence  of  the  gospel, 
and  one  need  not  be  a  prophet  nor  the  son  of  a  prophet  to  be  able  to 
predict,  what  aspect  their  moral  character  and  social  condition  would 
present.     It  would  be  dark  and  repulsive. 

Condition,  ivants,  and  prospects  of  the  Society. 

The  condition  of  this  Society  is  not  such,  as  to  enable  it  to  supply  the 
destitute  from  its  own  resources.  It  has  nothing.  It  is  merely  the 
almoner  of  the  Christian  public.  It  distributes  their  charities  to  objects 
of  need  ;  and  it  can  distribute  only  what  it  receives.  So  that  the  be- 
nevolent friends  of  the  cause  must  determine  to  what  extent  its  opera- 
tions shall  be  carried.  "They  can  send  the  messengers  of  good  tidings" 
into  every  nook  and  corner  of  the  Statu  ;  or  by  withholding  more  than 
is  meet,  can  cause  "a  famine  of  hearing  the  words  of  the  Lord."  God 
has  placed  those,  to  whom  is  committed  this  world's  wealth,in  a  state  of 
fearful  responsibility.  The  Church  has  sufficient  means  to  plant  the 
gospel  in  every  wasteplace  in  our  State,  and  to  cause  all  the  breakings- 
in  upon  the  forests  to  become  as  well  watered  gardens,  abounding  with 
fruits  of  holiness. 

This  Society  needs   a   steady,   gradual   and   increasing   income,   to 
meet  the   increasing   wants  of  air  extended  and  extending   population 
5 


34 

It  needs  an  annual  income  of  $10  or  12000  to  meet  effectually  all  the 
calls  from  the  feeble  Churches,  and  from  the  moral  wastes  of  the  State. 
With  this  amount,  the  gospel  might  be  sustained  in  every  place,  where 
there  was  a  prospect  of  good.  And  then,  with  the  blessing  of  heav- 
en, "the  day-star  from  on  high"  would  visit  all  the  now  dark  abodes  ; 
and  to  every  branch  of  our  Zion  might  be  addressed  the  cheering,  pro- 
phetic annunciation;  Arise,  shine,  for  thy  light  is  come,  and  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  is  risen  upon  thee. 


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RECEIPTS 


The  Treasurer  acknowled 
the  financial  year  commencing 

Augusta,  Dr.  Tappan  to  const, 
hie  sister  Miss  Hannah  Tap- 
pan  a  L.  M. 

John  Means  an  1841 

Larkin  McLeland  an  " 
J.  E.  Ladd  "      " 

Jonas  G.  Holcomb  "  " 
■Daniel  G.  Stanvvood  "  ". 
Thomas  Little  "      " 

Levi  Page  •"      " 

Asa  Reclington  Jr.  "  " 
Elias  Craigg  "       " 

Monthly  Concert  for  5  mos. 
Donation  from  Cong.  Ch. 
Sewing  Circle,    Miss  Susan 

Stanwood  Tr. 
Sabbath  School 
Ladies 

Henry  Sewall 

From  a  few  other  Gentlemen 
James  L.  Child  to  complete 

life  membership  of  his  son 

Grenville  H.  Child. 
Asa  Redington,  don. 
Rev.  John  H.  Ingraham  don 

by  Rev.  Dr.  Gillett 
Monthly  Concert  Jan.  1842 

by  Rev.  Dr.  Gillett. 
Wm.A.  Brooks  towards  con- 
stituting    Mrs.     Lusanna 

Brooks  a  L  m. 
Asa  Redington,  don. 
Isaac  Snell, 

by  haiid  of  Dr.  Gillett 
Albany,  Ladies  Benevolent  So. 

to  complete  lifemembership 

of  Asa  Cummings   of  that 

town,  Pr.  Sam'l  Haskell 
From  a  friend  by  hand  of 

Rev.  Mr.   Tewksbury 
Aaron  Cummings  an  1841 
Mrs.  Susan  Cummings  " 

by  Rev.  A.  Cummings 
Mna,  Cont.  in  Cong.  So.  $10 

of  which  from  Mrs.  Daniel 

Carlton  Jr.  in  part  to  const. 

her  a  life  member, 
Albion,  Cont.  in  Cong.  So.   b)' 

hand  of  Rev.  Geo.  Brown 
Andover,   Benevolent    So.   in 

Cong.  So.  by  Wm.  Hyde 


s  the  receipt  of  the    following  sums   during 
June  18th  1841  and  ending  June  21  1842. 


3341 
10 

14  25 
150 

47  88 
10 
8  50 


L6 


8  02 


10 


24  25 


Alfred,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.  by 

Rev.  Albert  W.  Fisk, 
Anson,  Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc.  by 

Rev.  Levi  Loring 
\Atltf.ns,  Cont.  in  Cong.  So.  do 
[Abbot,  Mrs.  C.N.Gowen  don. 
by  John  How 

Cong.  Ch.  in  part  to    const. 
Rev. Horatio  Ilsley  of Mon- 
son  a  life  member 
Brunswick,     Miss     D.     Gid- 

dings  an     1842 

J.  Page  "         " 

Prof.  Packard     " 

Miss  Salome  Harding 

Prof.  Smith     an  $2  don.  $3 

Cont.  in  Rev.  Geo.  E.  Ad- 
ams Society. 

Prof.  Wm.  Smyth  an  1841-2 

Mrs.    Christiana  Hale  don 

David  Duniap  don 
Bangor,  Hammond  St.  Cong. 
Ch.    and    So.    per  G.    W. 
Brown  Sub's,  in  part 

$20  of  which  from  John 
McDonald  to  const.  Amasa 
Loring  of  Bangor  a  L.  M. 
$2  of  which  Ephraim 
Paulk's  an  1841.  dodo.  Chs. 
Godfrey  an.  1841.  do.  do. 
E.  F.  Duren  an.  1841. 

First  Cong.  Ch.  and  So.  by 
E.  Adams 

Balance  of  annual  coll.  in 
Hammond  St.  Ch.  and  So. 
E.  F.  Duren  Tr.  Penob- 
scot Conf.  of  chhs 

From  1st  Parish  Sabbath 
School  by  E.  F.  Duren  Tr. 
to  const.  Thomas  H.  Sand- 
ford  a  Life  Member 

Amasa  Loring  don.  by  E.  F. 
Duren  Tr. 

First  Cong.  Church 

First  Parish  S.  S. 

Mrs.  Nourse 

James  Crosby  to  const,  him- 
self and  Mrs.  Crosby  L.  M 

D.  Mossman,  don 

Same  for  his  deceased  wife, 
by  E.  F.  Duren,  Tr.  &c 


890 

5 
5 

50 


10 

2 
2 
2 
2 

5 

4362 

4 

5 
25 


122 


113 


25  72 


20 

3 

5706 
384 
1 

40 
1 


hath,  Female  Cent.  So.  Mrs. 
Ellingwood  Tr.  semi  an 
payment.  1550 

Cont.  in  Rev.  Mr.  Elling- 
wood :s  Soc.  33  59 

A.  R.  Mitchell,         an  1842     2 

Tileston  dishing      an     "         2 

Jona.  Hyde  an     "         2 

Wm.  Donnell 

Henry  Hyde 

Hartly  Gove 

David  Sewall 

F.  Clark  "  »  2 
Charles  Sewall  "  "  2 
R.  Nutter 

G.  Trufant  "      "        2 
Rev.  J.  W.  Ellingwood  don.  20 
Wm.  Richardson  25 
Female  Cent  Soc.  Mrs.  El- 
lingwood Tr.  semi-annual 
payment,  14 

Female  Benev.  Soc.  Miss 
Betsey  Robinson  Tr.  35 

by  Rev.  J.  W.  Ellingwood. 

Female  Miss'y  Soc.  of  the  3d 
Church  and  Society  by  Mrs. 
Ann  Palmer  Sec.  and  Tr.     24 

Thomas  Harwood  an  1841        2 

John  Stockbridge 

Thomas  C.  Jackson 

J.  G.  Stinson 

T.  S.  Trevitt  ent 
James  Oliver. 

Levi  Houghton 

Wm.  Ledyard 

Gershom  Hyde 

Wm.  Richardson 

Wm.  M.  Rogers 

Otis  Kimball 

Rev.  Ray  Palmer  " 

Cont.  in  Rev.  Mr.  Palmer's 
Soc.  1652 

Wm.  Richardson  to  const. 
Gershom  Hyde  and  John 
Bovey  L.  M's  bv  Rev.  Rav 
Palmer,  50 

From  a  friend  to  const.  Eli- 
sha  W.  Appleton  of  Port- 
land a  L.  M.  20 

"A  Friend"  by  Rev.  A.  Cum- 
mings, 
Bretcer,  Cont.  in  1st  Cong.  So. 

by  Rev.  Mr.  Dole,  10  00 

First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.  4  29 

Buxton,  Stephen  Adams  3 

Josiah  Jose  50 

Mrs.  Polly  Jose  50 

Mrs.  Lucy  W.  Rice  50 

Mrs.  Rachael  C.  Brown  50 


U          u 

2 

m"      " 

2 

it      «c 

0 

by  hand 

of 

1 

an  1841 

2 

it       u 

2 

(1           u 

2 

«      11 

2 

(1         (« 

2 

U              (1 

2 

(f              CI 

9 

50 


Mrs.  Emeline  D.  Brooks  50 

Mrs.  Jane   Bradley  50 

Mrs.  David  Coffin  25 

Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc.  6  50 

by  Rev.  Mr.  Rice 
Enos  Woodward,  don  5 

by  Alfred  Merrill 
Bitidcford,  Cont.  in  IstCh.  by 

Rev.  Charles  Peabody  922 

Sub.  in  2d  Cong. So.  by  Rev. 

Mr.  Kimball  29 

Joseph  Merrill    an  1842.  by 

Rev.  C.  Kimball  2 

Mrs.  Marv  Cleaves,  by  hand 
of  S.  L.Goodale  15 

Rev.  Caleb  Kimball  don  5 

Asa  Clark  don  by  hand  1  50 

of  Rev.  Jotham  Sewall  Jr. 
Boothbay,  Female  Dom.  Miss.      9  10 
Soc. 
Cont.    in   Rev.    Mr.    Cush-      9  06 
man's  So.  by  hand  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Ellingwood. 
Bristol,   Thomas    Woodward,     2 
an  1841. 
Mrs.  Woodward  an.  1841         2 
by  Rev.  Dr.  Gillett. 
Bristol  Mills,  William  Cham-      2 
berlain  an  1841,    by    Rev. 
Asa  Cummings. 
Bueksport,  Cont  in  Cong.  So. 
Female  Home  Miss'y  As- 
sociation 
William  Thurston  an.  1842 
John  W.  Hinks,      "       " 
Noah  Sparhawk,     "        " 
by  Henry  Darling. 
Ladies    Maine   Missionary 
Soc.  to  const.    Mrs.  Mary 
S.  Breed  a  L.  m.  by  Rev. 
Wm.  J.  Breed 
Cont.  in  Rev.  Mr.  Breed's 
So.  $20  of  which  to  const, 
their  Pastor  Rev.  Wm.  J. 
Breed  a  L.  m. 
N.  Sparhawk      an  1841 
Wm.  Thurston,  "      " 
J.  W.  Hinks  ent.   and  an. 
1841. 

by  the  hand  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Breed. 
Brownville,  Female  Miss'y  So. 
Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc. 
by  the  hand  of  Rev.  Wm. 
S.  Sewall. 
Bradford,  S.  Matthews  1 

by  hand  of  Rev.  E.F.  Du- 
ren  Tr.  &c. 
Bloomfield,  Cont.  9  25 


18 

12  63 
o 

2 
2 


go 


11 


38 


Bloomjield,  Cent  Soc.  9  86 

by  Rev.  Dr.  Tappan 

Bluthill,  Cung'l  Church  and 

Soc.  by  Rev.  Albert  Cole       3  I  25 

Burlington,  Cont.  in  Cong.  So.      8 

Belfast,  Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc.       1064 
Collected  by  J.  Poor  at  the 

head  of  the  tide  2  45 

Samuel  Butman  1 

Mrs.  Mary  Butman  50 

Miss  Martha  Houston  50 

S.  Heath  3 

F.Hall,  2 

J.  Caldwell  1 

T.  Marshall  1 

Rev.  S.  McKeen  2 

Geo.  Field  1  50 

B.  P.  Field  50 
J.  Lang  worthy  50 

C.  Treadwell  50 
Brooks  fy  Jackson,  Cong.  Ch. 

and  Soc.  by  Rev.  Luther 
Wiswall     '  15 

Bethel,  Female  Cent  Soc. 
Mrs.  Frances  Burbank  R. 
Sec.  by  R.  A.  Chapman 
to  complete  L.  Member- 
ship of  Abigail  Bowker,  10 
Bridgton,  Cont  in  Rev.  Mr. 
Page's  Soc.  by  hand  of 
A.  Merrill  17  57 

From  a  revolutionary  Pen- 
sioner 5 
Chesterville,  Cong'l  Soc.  don 

by  Rev.    Joseph    Conant        7  76 

Rev.  Jotham  Sewall  5 

don  by  hand    of  Rev.   J. 

Sewall,  Jr. 

Calais,      Female     Domestic 

Missionary  Association  in 

Rev.    Mr.    Keeler's    Ch. 

and  Cong,  to   const.  Mrs. 

Lydia   Christophers   aL. 

m.  by  hand  of  Rev.  S.  H. 

Keeler  20 

Camden,  Cont.  in    Rev.  Mr. 

Chapman's  Soc.  15  10 

Joseph  Jones,  an.  1841  2 

Female  Miss'y  Soc.  Mrs.Hul- 
Hobbs,  Tr.  by  hand  of  Mr. 
Amasa  Loring  20  50 

Cumberland,  Female  Mission- 
ary So.  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 
Blanchard,  Tr.  10  75 

Cape  Elizabeth,  Cont,  in  Cong. 

So.  by  Rishworth  Jordan       8  32 
Calais,  Female  Dom.    Miss'y 
Asso.  in  Rev.  S.  H.  Reef- 
er's So.  by  his  hand  in  part 


tn  const.  George  Downes  a 
L.  m. 

Female  Domestic  Missiona- 
ry Association  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Keeler    which    with    $18 
paid  previously  constitutes 
Rev.  James  Carruthers   a 
L.  m.  8th  time 
From   same    soc.    to    const. 
Samuel  F.    Baker  a   L.  m. 
by  the  same  hand 
Geo.  Downes 
Castine,    Samuel    Adams    to 
const,  his   daughter    Sarah 
F.  Adams  a  L.  m. 
Columbia,    J.    Bucknam     by 
hand  of  Wm.    A.  Crocker 
Corina,     Mrs.    Eben'r  Nutter 

by  Rev.  Mr.  Eaton 
Cherryjield,  Sewing  Mission- 
ary Circle  in  Cong'l  Socie- 
ty by  the  hand  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Ilsley 
J.  O.  Nichols 
Dennysville,    Ch.   and    Cong. 

by  Rev.  Mr.  Crossett 
Dexter,  Ch  and  Cong,  by  hand 
of  Rev.  Mr.  Eaton. 
Cont.  Monthly  Concert   by 
Rev.  S.  S.  Drake 
Mrs.  Jona.  Wetherbee  ent. 
by  Rev.  Dr.  Gillett 
Durham,  Ladies,  to  const.  Mr 

Samuel  Pierce  a  L.  in. 
Dixmont,  H.  Wilder  an.  1841 
F.  A.  Butman  "       " 

W.  Upham  "       " 

Exeter,  Cong.  ch.  and  Soc. 
East  Brewer — Cont.  in   Cong. 
Ch.  and  Soc.  by  Rev.   Mr. 
i       Munsell 

Mrs.  S.  R.  Munsell,  ent. 
Miss  Sarah  Rider        " 
by  Rev.  E.  Gillett 
Ellsworth,  Cont  in  Rev.  Mr. 
Tenncy's  Soc. 
A  Friend  to  const.   Samuel 

Dutton  a  L.   m. 
Female  Friend  by  Rev.  W. 
T.  Dwight 
Edgecomb,  Cont.  in  Cong.  So. 
Wm.  Cochran  an  1841 
Daniel  Dodge  an  1841 
Jos.  Sherman  an  1841 
Miss  Louisa  Dodge  don. 
by  hand  of  Rev.  I.  Weston 
Eastbrook,  Mrs  Charlotte  Par- 
sons, bv    Rev.   Asa    Cnm- 


20 


45 


1  31 


L9 


80 


39 


East  Thomaston,  Cont  in  Cong 
Soc:  by  hand  of  Rev.  S.  C. 
Fessenden 
East  Mac/iias,  From  Members 
of  Cong'l  Ch.  by  W.  L 
Hitchcock 
Elliot,  Ch.  and  So.  by  Rev.  1. 

Kimball 
Freeport,  Collection  in  Cong. 
Soc.    on     Sabbath 
Ladies  Cent  Soc.  Mrs  .Mary 
Bacon  Tr. 
Sarah  J.  Nasonan.  1841 
Other  contributions 
by  hand  of  Rev.    Mr.    Par- 
sons. 
Wm.  Scales  to  complete  an. 
John  A.  Hyde  don. 
Enoch  Harrington 
George  Bacon 
Alpheus  Talbot 
Other  contributions  by  hand 
of  Rev.  E.  G.  Parsons 
Frankfort,  Cont.  in  Cong  Soc. 

by  Rev.  Mr.  Parker 
Fairfield,  Mrs.  F.  (member  of 
Ch.) 

by  Rev.  H.  C.  Jewett. 
Falmouth,  Cont.  in    Rev.  Mr. 
Dame's  Soc.  by    his    hand 
Farmington,    Mrs.    Julia    A. 
Stanley   formerly  Julia  A. 
Page  of  Hallowell  an.  1842 
Farmington,    Cont.    in    Rev. 
Mr.  Roger's  Soc. 
Female    Aux'y    Soc.   21  03 
$20  of  which  const.    Rev. 
Jacob  Abbot  of  Farming- 
ton  a  L.  m. 
Jacob  Abbot  don. 
Rev.  Jacob  Abbott  don 
Jona  S.  Ellis  by    Rev.   Mr. 
Rogers 
Foxcroft,  Cong.  ch. 
Gardiner,  Ladies  of  Cong.  So. 
to  complete  the  L.   mem- 
bership of  their  Pastor  Rev 
Aaron  C.  Adams  1(1 

Gilead,  Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc.         6 
Mrs.  W.  Chapman  don.  by 
Rev.  H.  Richardson  2 

Gorham,  Benevolent  Soc.  Jo- 
siah  Davis,  Tr.  by  hand  of 
A.  Merrill  100 

Ladies  Sewing  Circle,  Mrs. 
Jane  G.  Mead,  Tr.  to  const 
Mrs.  Mary  C.  Hunt  a  L.  m. 
Garland,  Cont.  of  Cong.    Ch. 
and    Soc.    by    Rev.    S.    S. 


18  50 


30 


.1  12 


10  25 
2 

1  75 


13  51 


:,l 


12  67 


21  03 

10 

10 

1 

4  50 


■m 


Drake  7  37 

Gray,  "A  Friend  to  M .  M  .  S. " 
by  hand    of  Rev.    N.    \V. 

Sheldon  50 

Harrison,  Cont.  in   Cong.  So. 
by  P.  Eastman  8 

Mrs.  Searle  don  4 

P.  Eastman  an   1842  2 

Mrs.  Eastman,  don  3 

Cont.  in  ( "one  Soc.  by  Rev. 
Mr.  Searle   ~  I  60 

Hampden,  Female   Cent  Soc. 

by  E.  F.  Duren  I -J  50 

Harpswell.  Church   and    Soc. 

In  Daniel  Randall  9 

Hallowell,    Augustus     Alden, 
an  1842  2 

Mrs.  Sophia  E.  Bond  to 
const.  Sophia  Bond  Gilman 
a  L.  m.  20 

Rufus   K.  Page    to    const. 
Wm.  R.  Page  a  L.  m.  20 

Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc.  49 

(all  by   hand  of  Dr.   Tap- 
pan) 

Elias  Bond  an  1841  2 

Wm.  Stickney  an  1841  2 

A.  P.  &  B.  Morton  don  5 

Rev.  E.  Gillett  to  const,  his 
daughter  Miss  A.  P.  Caro- 
line Gillett  a  L.  m.  20 
Monthly  Concert  by  E.  Dole    37  51 
E.  Dole  an  1841  2 
Female  Religious   Soc.    by 

Mrs.  Sophia  E.  Bond  24 

Miss  H.  Page    towards    her 

Lifemembership  2 

A.  Alden  an  1841.  2 

Female  Miss'y  Assoc,  to 
const.  Mrs.  Benj.  Page  a 
L.  m.  Mrs.  Wm.  Stickney 
Tr.  20 

Monthly  Concert  by  E.  Dole    50 
Mrs.    Sophia    E.     Bond    to 
const.  Helen  Bond  Dole  a 
L.  m.  20 

Same  to  const.    Miss  Sarah 

Cutler  of  Hallowell  a  L  m.    20 
Same  Donation  10 

by  Rev.  Dr.  Gillett 
Elias  Bond    to  const.    Mrs. 
Ellen    Mariner    Bond    of 
Sandwich  Island    Mission 
a  L.  m.  20 

Mrs.  Cheever  don  bv  Dr. 
Gillett  J 

Elias  Bond  an  1842  by  Rev. 

Dr.  Gillett  2 

X  Roads  for  supply  of  Desk 


40 


by  Rev.  Dr.  Gillett 

5 

Rev.    Dr.    Gillett  to    const. 

his  daughter    Miss    Helen 

L.   Gillett,    Mississippi,   a 

L.  m. 

20 

Benj.  Page  towards  his  Life- 

membership 

2 

Friend  of  Missions 

93 

Industry  Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc. 

850 

Kennebunk-port,  William.  Jef- 

ferds  to  const  himself  a  L. 

m.                                  20 

Mrs.    Sarah    L.    Mason    to 

const  herself  a  L.  m.  20 

Mrs.  Miranda  Stone  to  const 

herself  a  L.  m.            20 

60 

by  hand  of  Rev.  E  Gillett. 

Mrs.  Phebe  Lord,    to  const. 

Miss  Phebe  W.   Pay  son  of 

Boston  a  L.  m.   by    Daniel 

W.  Lord 

20 

Collections  in  South    Cong. 

Ch  and  Soc. 

34 

Jacob  Mitchell  an  1841 

2 

Kennebunk,  Mr.  Titcomb,  by 

hand  of  Rev.  Dr.  Gillett 

3 

"A  sister  of  Union  Ch."  by 

Rev.  G.  W.  Cressey 

10 

Kiltery,  Subscriptions  and  col 

in  Cong.  So. 

8 

Levant,    From      members    of 

Cong'l  Ch.  and  Soc. 

Isaac  Case 

2 

Moses  Philbrook 

1 

S.  Stanley 

50 

T.  S.  Beath 

50 

J.  Ingraham 

25 

T.  B.  Kenniston 

25 

W.  Bourne 

25 

Rev.  R.  Page 

2 

Mrs.  I.  Case 

2 

Mrs.  E.  Skinner 

33 

MiBS  J.  Ingraham 

30 

Mrs.  T.  S.  Beath 

25 

Mrs.  W.  Peabody 

25 

Mrs.  0.  Holt 

25 

Mrs.  P.Clark 

25 

Mrs.  B.  Small 

12 

Mrs.  L.  Peahody 

13 

Mrs.  R.  Page 

1 

Mrs.  B.  Garland 

1 

Mrs.  D.  T.  Hill 

25 

Other  members   of  the    Ch. 

in  Levant 

242 

by  handofE.  F.DurenTr. 

Lincoln,  Cont.  in  Cong.    Soc. 

by  Rev.  J.  Sewall 

? 

Lubec,  Solomon  Thayer 

8 

Lisbon,  Cont.  in  Cong'l  Soc. 

6  50 

Samuel  Moody  an  1841  2 

Mrs.  H.  Perley  50 

Mrs.  E.  Moody  50 

Mrs.  M.  Hathaway  50 

by  Rev.  S.  Merrill 
Rev.  Stephen  Merrill  don        2 
Lyman,  Edmund  Currier  ent. 
and  an.  3 

Ladies  Asso.  to  const.  Rev. 
Mr.  Calef,  Simeon  Chad- 
bourn  and  Isaac  Currier 
members  of  the  Soc.  9  61 

Rev.  D.  Kendrick  don.  2 

Caleb  Kimball  1 

King  Smith  1 

Joseph  Emmons  50 

John  Whitehouse  50 

Luke  W.  Hemmenway  1 

Luke  Ricker,  50 

Simeon  Chadbourne  50 

Seth  Cousins  75 

Robert  Cousins  1 

John  Roberts  1 

J.  C.  Emmons  50 

Benj.  Emmons  25 

Dimon  Roberts  1 

David  Littlefield  50 

Joseph  Edwards  50 

Elisha  Littlefield  1 

Edmund  Card  50 

John  B.  Porter  1 

S.  Davis  25 

Bradford  Cousins  50 

Other  contributions  20 

by  Rev.  D.  Kendrick 
Lovell,  Cont.  in  Rev.  Mr  Hill's 

Soc.  by  his  hand  3 

Lebanon  Centre,   Cong'l    Soc. 

by  Rev.  Jos.  Loring  15 

Litchfield,  Cont.  Cong.  Soc.  4 

Thos.  Smith  an  1841     2 
Isaac  Smith  2 

do.         don.  50 

Zach.  Smiths  an  1841    2 
Female    Soc.    and    Sewing 
Circle  8 

Rev.  Tim'y  Davis  don.  841    27 
Limerick,  Wm.  Swazay  don.        3 
Benj.  Webster,  don  1 

Rev.  Charles  Freeman  don  1 
by  hand  of  Rev.  Mr.  Free- 
man 
Lewiston  Falls,  Rev.  W.  B. 
Adams,  by  hand  of  Wm. 
Hyde  to  const,  some  per- 
son a  L.  m.  hereafter  to  be 
designated,  20 

Minot,  Moses  Allen,  don.  2 

Isaac  Alleir  "  2 


41 


Miscellaneous,  Cont.  at   meet-    11 
ingofCouf-   chhs.  Frank- 
lin Co. 

Cont.  at  an.  meeting  of  Som-      8 
crset  Conf.  of  chhs. 

Cont.  at  Kennebec  Conf.        10 
meeting  at  Windsor 

Washington  Co.  Conf.  of      100 
chhs.  bv  Wm.  A.    Crocker 
Tr. 

$20  of  which  from  Central 
Cong.  Ch.  and  So.  in  East- 
port  to  const,  their  pastor 
Rev.  Elbridge  Carpenter  a 
L.  M. 

A  bequest  of  the  late  Mrs 
Harriet  W.  Adams  bv  Rev 
W.  B.  Adams.  20 

Oxford  Co.  Conf.  chhs.  W. 
E.  Goodcnow  Tr.  bv  A. 
Merrill,  52 

Washington  Co.  Conf.  chhs. 
W.  A.  Crocker  Tr.  33' 

$20  of  the  Whitney  vi  lie  don 
to  const.  Rev.  James  Carru- 

thers  the  9th  time  a  L.  M. 

Cumberland  Conf  Chhs. 
cont.  at  meeting  in  Fal- 
mouth June  7,  (by  Rev. 
W.  T.  Dwight)  41 

York  Co  Conf  chhs.  bv  Rev. 
I.  Kimball  28 

Dividend  on  7  shares  in  31. 
«fc  Traders  Bank,  10 

Dividend  on  15  shares  in  Cas- 
co  Bank,  33' 

Oxford  Co.  Conf.  chhs.  cont. 
at  Meeting  at  Turner  by  Rev. 
A.  Greely,  23 

Lady  at  the  Lincoln  County 
Conf.  Meeting  at  Union  by 
hand  of  Rev.  J.  W.  Elling- 
wood, 

Lady  at  same  Meeting  by 
Rev.  E.  Gillett  1 

Legacv  bequeathed  bv  late 
Dr.  Seth  Chandler  of  Mi- 
not  by  hand  of  N.L.Wood- 
bury Executor.  330 

"From  a  fellouer  of  Christ," 
by  band  of  Asa  Rcdding- 
ton  in  letter  from  Warren     43 

Dividend  on  15  shares  in 
Casco  Bank  33 ' 

Dividend  on  7  shares  in  M. 
.fe  Traders  Bank  1 

Cont.  at  Meeting  of  C.  C. 
Churches  at  Brunswick  by 
hand  of  Prof.  Packard       '     20 


23 


78 


50 


.',' 


Legacy  bequeathed  by  late 
Henry  B.  Smith  Esq.  of 
Portland  by  hand  of  S.  J. 
Smith,  executor,  75 

Returned  by  Rev.  O.  Sikcs, 
Mercer, money  overpaid  bv 
.Kev.  E.  Gillett  50 

Legacy  bequeathed  by  late 
Rev.W.B.  Adams, 5  shares 
in  Leuistou  Falls  Manufac- 
turing Co,  certificate  by 
hand  of  Edw.  T.  Little, 
Executor  />tir  value  $100 
per.  share. 
Minot,  Moses    Allen  don  2 

Isaac  Allen  don  2 

E.  S.  Packard  don  2 

Bcnj.Bealc         "  2 

Charles  Briggs  Sen.  don  2 

J.  C.  Woodman  "  2 

Moses  Millett  "  2 

Nathaniel  Chandler  1 

Mrs   Martha  Staples  50 

Stephen  Shaw  50 

.Misses  Abigail  &  Polly  Al- 
len 1 
Mrs.  Bathsheba  Jones                2 
Miss  Joanna  Bradbury  50 
Mrs.  H    Lane                                 25 
Wm.  Munroe  25 
Widow  Scott                                50 
Miss  E.  Scott  50 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Freeman                -50 
A.  Stetson                                    2 
Ansel  Staples                              2 

by  hand  of  Rev   E.  Jones. 
Cont  in  Rev. Mr  Jones'  Soc.       4  31 
Eliphalet  Packard  an.  1841       2 
Remainder  of  Cont.  in  Rev. 
Mr.  Jones  So.  by  his  hand      4  55 
Madison.  Benj    Weston  2 

Individuals  125 

Motlson,  Cong    Ch    and  Soc.        4  14 
ML  Desert,  Mrs   Rachel  Car- 
roll by  Rev.  Mr.  Strickland        50 
Machias,   Cont.    after   annual 
sermon  82 

W.  A.  Crocker  275 

"  "  21 

Monmouth,  N   Pierce  an    1341 

by  Rev.  D  Thurston  2 

Mercer\    Cont.    in    Rev.    Mr. 

Sikes'  Soc.  3  05 

MUo,  .Mis'  P.  S.  Lee  2 

Young  Ladies   Sewing  Cir- 
cle Miss  N.  S.  Hill  Tr.  5 
Cont.  in  Cong'l  Soc   by  hand 
of  Rev.  S.  Sewall  3 
Norridgewock,  Gent,  and  La- 


42 


dies  Asao. 
Norway,  From    a    Missionary 
Box  in    a   family    in  Nor- 
way by  hand  of  Wm.    E. 
Goodenow 

Cont  in  Cong.  Soc.  by  hand 
of  Rev.  C.  Soule 
North  Bridgton,  Cont  in  Cong. 
Soc.  by  hand  of  Rev.  J03. 
Searle 

Rev.  Jos.  Searle  an.  1841 

From  a  Friend  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Searle 
Neieport,  Cont.  in  Cong'n 

M.  Fisher  don  by    hand    of 

Mr.  Douglass 
JYorth  Yarmouth    ]st    Parish, 
Sylvanus  Blanchardin  full 
to"  const.  S.  W.  Blanchard 
a  L.  m. 

Cont.  in  Rev.  Mr.  Shenley's 
Soc. 

Levi  Blanchard 

Reuben  Chandler  Jr. 

Enos  Chandler  in  part  to 
cosnt.  his  wife  S.  A.  Chan- 
dler a  L.  m. 

Jos.  D.  Mitchell 

Daniel  Mitchell 

Samuel  Mason 

John  Young 

T.  G.  Mitchell 

Ammi  R.  Mitchell 

Jos.  Drinkwater 

Reuben  Prince 

Theophilus  Drinkwater 

Donation 

Charlcs^Moxev 

Jeremiah  Mitchell 

Giles  Loring 

Levi  Whitcomb 

Thomas  Chase  Jr.  don  5 — 
an.  2— 

Tristram  G.  Cleaves 

Female  Cent.  Soc.   Miss  O. 

Gray  Tr. 

Nicholas  Grant 

Jacob  G.  Loring 

Edmund  Cleaves 

Jos.  Chandler  Jr.  in  part  to 
const,  himself  a  L.  m. 

David  Seabury  in  part  to 
const.  Eliza  L.  Seabury  a 
L.  m. 

Phillip  H.  Kimball 

John  Scule 

Wm.  Davia 

Samuel  Seabury 

John  Mason 


11 


60 
10  70 


4 

249 


10 
20  04 


ID 


7 

1 

42  61 
1 
5 

1 

10 


50 


i     Geo.  Dunham 

1 

Wm.  Dawea 

GO 

Jona  Mason 

50 

Dan'l  Coffin 

1 

Jos.  Holmes 

50 

Levi  Mitchell 

50 

Alfred  Seabury 

50 

Albion  Seabury 

3 

Matthias  Allen 

2 

John  Dodge 

25 

Samuel  H.  Seabury 

25 

Rev.  David  Shepley 

5 

A   H.  Weld 

1 

John  Cutter  Jr. 

1 

F.  A.  Pomeroy 

2 

Newell  Soc.  Marcia  G.  Jenk 

s 

Tr.  to   const.  Eli  Wight   o 

f 

Bethel  Me.  L.  m. 

20 

Wm.  Chandler 

1 

Samuel    Sweetser  to   com- 

plete   Lifemembership    of 

Jos.  Chandler  Jr. 

10 

Samuel  Sweetser  an  1841 

2 

Asa  Winslow 

1 

Addition 

02 

by  Thomas  Chase,  Jr. 

Jacob  G.   Loring  in    part  to 

const,  himself  a  L  m. 

10 

Mary  G.  Buxton,    by    hand 

of     Rev.      Mr.        Shep- 

lcy> 

3 

Female    Cent  Society  Miss 

Olive  Gray    Treasurer  by 

Rev.  D.  Shepley 

43  7C 

JS'oricay  Village,  From  a  Lady 

Contents  of  a  Missionary 

Box 

125 

North  Jlugvsta,  Cont. 

2  23 

Female  Missionary  Society 

o 

Little's  family, 

1 

Yew  Sharon,  Cont.  of  Con; 

Ch.  and    Soc.   by    Rev.  J. 

T.  Hawes 
JVew  Gloucester,  Female  Mis'y 
Soc.    Mrs.    P.    P.   Shepley, 

Tr-  to   const.  Mrs.    Persis 

Nelson  of  Buckfield  a  Lm. 
Female   Sewing  Circle  Miss 

A.  C.  M.  Foxcroft,  Tr. 
Cont.  in  Rev.    Mr.    Shep- 

ley'a  Soc.  by  hand  of  Rev. 

S.  H.  Shepley 
Orringlon,  Cong.  Ch.  in   part 

to  const.  Asa  F.    Loring  a 

L.m.  by  E.  F.  Duren 
Cong.  Ch.  in  part  to   const. 

E.   Pond  Jr   a  L.  m. 

by  E.  F.  Duren  Tr.  &.c 
Conj'l  Ch.  in  part  to  const. 


7  63 

20 
11 

7  35 

o 

731 


43 


Asa  Tewksbury  Loring    a 
L.  m.  14  48 

Friends    by    hand    of  Rev. 
Jot  ham  Sewall  9 

Orono,  Ladies  in  Cong'l  Ch.  4  21 

Orland,  John  Puck  to  const 
his  wife  Mrs.  Sarah  T. 
Buck  a  L.  m.  2D 

Old  Town,  Monthly  Concert 
by  hand  of  Dr.  Bates  4 

Con.  Ch.  by  E.  Duren,  Tr. 

&c.  4 

Cong'l  Ch.  by  E.  F.   Duren 
Tr.  of  Penobscot  Co.  Con- 
ference 7  42 
Oxford,  Winthrop  B,    Norton 
don  £ 
by  hand  of  E.  A.  Norton 
Cont.  in  Cong'l  Soc.  by  Rev 
I.Carlton                                   7  80 
Otisfield,  Missionary  Soc.  Da- 
vid Knight,  Tr.  *                    19  39 
Ladies    Asso.    Miss    Sarah 
Knight,  Tr.                              5  68 
Orland,  John  Buck,  don.            10 
Mrs.  Buck  an  1842                     2 
Paris,    Seth   Morse   don.    by 

Elisha  Morse,  9 

Portland,    From  a  friend,    the 
sum    of    one     dollar     per 
month,    formerly    allowed 
a  poor  widow  now  no  long- 
er needed  by  her,  12 
Eben'r  Steele  an.  1841,  2 
Edward  Howe  an      "  2 
John  Chute  an         1841            2 
James  Todd  an.     1841,            2 
Joseph  Adams  an.  1841,            2 
Curtis  Meservey  an    1841,        2 
Capt.  Jer'h  Stevens  an.  1841,  2 
E.  C   Stevens  an  1841,             2 
C.  G.  Downes  an.  1841,            2 
Mrs.  John  Holmes,  don             5 
Miss  Penelope  Martin 
Jeremiah  Stevens  an  1842,       2 
Cont.  in  Abyssinian  So.  by 

Rev.  Mr.  Freeman,  5 

Gaberiel  Mark  don  2 

Paul  E.  Merrill  an  1842,  2 

"Juvenile  Sisters  Circle"  bj* 

Rev.  Mr.  Chickering,  8 

"Widow's  Mite,"  by  Rev. 

A.  Cummings,  2 

Joseph  Adams       an       1842     2 
John  Chute  an  "       2 

Thomas  Forsaith  an  "       2 

Wm.  Lord  an  "       2 

H.  J.  Libby  an         "       2 

C.  Meservey         an  "         2 

H.  Southgate       an  "        2 


E.  C.  Stevens      an  M 

Edward  Howe     an  " 

Coll.  in  3d.  Con™  So  in  part 
Young  Misses    Miss'y  Sew- 
ing Circle  by  hand  of  Mrs. 
Win   T     Dwight, 
Ladies  Miss'y    Sewing  Cir- 
cle   in    High    St.    and    2d 
Cong.    Societies   by    Miss 
Margaret  Gordon,  Tr. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Martin  don. 
A  lady  in  High   St.    Parish 
by  Rev.  Asa  Cummings, 
Godfrey  Mark  don. 
An.  for  1841  of  late  Nath'l 
Cross, 

by  Miss  Rebecca  Cross 
Gabriel  Mark  don 
Godfrey  Mark   " 
Aged  Widow's  Mite  by  Rev 
A.  Cummings 

Addition   collection    in  Rev 

Mr.  Chickering's  So.  by  Mr 

Chute 

Robert  Noyes  to    be  added 

to  coll  in  3d  Congregational 

Soc. 
William  Martiu  don 
Female  Miss'y  Soc.  Mrs.  E- 
liza  Greely  Tr. 
Hosea  I.  Chase  don. 
Henry  Jackson  an.   1842 
A  well  wisher  by  Rev.  A. 

Cummings 
Nath'l  Blake  an.  1842 
James  Todd      "       " 
Joseph  M.  Gerrish  an.  1842 
Charles  G.  Downes  "       " 
High  Street  Ch.  in    part  by 

Edward  Oxnard 
Asa  H.  Cutter  Ent.  an.  1842 
Ladies  Missionary  Circle  in 
3d  Cong'l  Soc.  Mrs.  Debo- 
rah   Russell    Tr.  to    com- 
plete   Lifemembership    of 
Miss  Charlotte  Pennell  and 
to  const.  Rev.  Dana  Clayes 
of  Portland,  Rev.  Charle3 
Duren  of  Sangerville,  Rev. 
Nathan  Douglass  of  St.  Al- 
bans L.    members,  and  in 
part  to  const.   Mrs.   I.   M. 
Waterhouse  a  L.  m. 
Ladies  Missionary  Circle  in 
High    St.    and '2d   Parish 
Miss  Margaret  Gordon,  Tr, 
Cont.  in  2d  Cong.  Soc.  by  E. 

Wyer 
Female  Missionary  Soc  Mra. 
Eliza  Greely  Tr'add'l 


2 
2 

34  35 


45 
6 


160 


50 


56 
1 

2 

S 
2 
2 
2 
2 

79  57 
3 


76 

47 
5196 

5  03 


44 


Passaduntkeag,    Rev.    C.   J. 

Lawton,  don    by    Rev.   Jo- 
tham  Sewall 
Prospect,  First   Ch.  and   £oc. 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Thurston 
Second  Ch.  and  So.  by  Rev. 
J.  P.  Stone 
Perry,  Cont  in  Rev    Mr  Da- 
venport's   Soc     in   part  to 
make  him  a  L    m. 
Wm    Bugbce  Jr    in  part  to 
promote  same  object 
Pembroke,  Bela  Wiider 
Poland,  Cont  in  Cong  Ch  and 
So.  by  hand  of  Jos   Jordan 
Phipsburer,    Aux.   Miss.    Soc. 

by  hand  of  ML.  Hill 
Raymond,  Natb.  Cash 
Jos.  T.  Sawyer 
Miss  Almira  W.  Phinney 
by  Alpha  Morton 
From  Females   by   Rev.   E. 
Mason 
Richmond,  Lady  don         3 
Gentleman 
Widow's  mite 
by  Rev  E.  Gillett 
Readjield,  Mrs  Jeremiah  Page 
towards  her    Lifemember- 
ship,  by  hand  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Gillett 
Saco,  Benevolent  Soc.  in  Cong 
Soc.    $23    of  which    was 
paid  bv  J.  B.   Thornton  to 
const    himself  a  L.  m    $10 
by  J.  P.  Me  lm  in    part  to 
const,  himself  a  L    m    ,$10 
by  A.  F    Symonds  in  part 
const,  himself  a  L.  m  and 
$10  by  J.  M.  Hayes  in  part 
to  const,  his  daughter  Miss 
Lucy  Lord  Hayes  a  L.  m. 
by  hand  of  Rev.  E.  Gillett 
Female  Charitable   Soc.  by 
hand  of  Miss  R.B.Moody 
to    const.    Miss    Sarah  N. 
Scammon,  a  L   m. 
Benevolent  Soc.  of  1st  Par- 
ish by  S.  L.  Goodale 
Jona  King  an.  1842 
Strong,  Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc. 
Sebee,  Cong,  ch . 
South  Paris,  Collections  in  ch. 
and  Soc. 
Seth  Morse  don. 
Elisha  Morse 
Sweden,  Friends  of  Missionary 
Soc.  byE.  Woodbury 
Co  nt.  in  Cong.  Soc.   by  E. 


10 
1 
1 
137 


314 


J30     5  50 


W.   Woodbury  6 

\Sangervitfe,  Cont  by  mem- 
bers of  the  Ch.  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Gillett  1 50 

| St.  A  Lans:  Cont.  in  Rev.  Mr. 

Douglass' Soc   Feb.  28  3  34 

do.  do.  June  3  42 

South    Vossalboro,    Collection 
at  a  Female  Prayer   Meet- 
>C6        ing,  by  hand  of  Mrs.  Brown     3 

Contribution,  3  34 

Sumner,  Contribution  5  51 

Lady  don  1 

S-.arborough,    Cont.   in    First 

Parish  by  I.Libby  10  61 

Female  Assoc   First   Parish 
by  Mrs  C.  A.  Hasty  Tr.  12 

Seth  Storer  don  3 

by  Rev.  E.  Gillett 
Mrs.  Seth  Storer  don.  10 

Swanville,  Collected  by  Mrs. 
Hannah  Warren  by  hand 
of  Rev.  Mr.  McKeen  of 
Belfast  10 

South  Berwick,    John    Plum- 
m.er  to  const  himself  a  Lin.    20 
Cont  in  Cong.    Soc    by   C. 

E.  Norton  20 

From  Female  members  of 
the  Cong  Ch.  of  Christ,  by 
Charles  E.Norton  12  50 

Troy,  Horace  Baker,  don   by 

Rt  v.  Geo.  Brown  1 

Turner,  From  a  Ladv  by  Wm. 

Hyde  50 

Cont.  in  Rev.  A.  Greely's 
Soc.  6 

Female  Miss'v  Association         4 
Female  Charitable  Soc.  Mrs. 
P.  M.  Dresser  Sec.  7  25 

Thomaston,  Female  Missiona- 
ry Soc  in  Rev.  Mr.  Wood- 
hull's  Cong.  Mrs.  H.  L. 
Prince  Tr.  by  hand  of  Hez. 
Prince  10 

"A  Friend"  by  Rev.  Asa 
mings  6 

Topshnm,  Cont  in  Cong.  Ch. 

and  Soc.  by  Wm.  Hyde         26 
Temple,  Female  Aux.    Miss. 

Soc.  5  40 

N.  Scales  1 

Union,  Monthly  Concert  3  88 

Cont.  7  53 

Unity,  Cont.  5  08 

Thomas  Sncll  an.  1841  2 

/Ft/Is,  Collection  in  1st  Cong. 
Soc.  by  Rev.  Jonas  Colburn  1J 
Second  Church  and  Soc.  by 


61 

23 

63 
o 

3  51! 
5CS 

13  44 

10 
3 

250 


45 


hand  of  Rev.  Mr.  Walker 
Waldo,  Henry    Davidson  an. 
1842 
"A  Friend's"  don 
by  hand  of  Rev.  AsaCum- 
mings 
Windham,  Cont.  in  Cong.  So. 

by  Rev.  Win.  Warren 
Wate.rford    (.Yort/t),    Female 
Benevolent  Soc.    to   com- 
plete   Lifemembership    of 
Rev.  John   A.    Douglass  a 
2d  time  by  his  hand 
Wilton,  John  Barker  an.  1841 
by  hand  of  Rev.  Mr.   Tal- 
bot 
Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc. 
Seth  Bass  ent.  and  an.  1841 
Female  Miss'ySoc.  to  com- 
plete L.  m.  of  Mrs.    Phebe 

A.  Barker 

by  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers. 
Washington,  Ch.  and  Soc. 

by  Rev,  Mr.  McKeen. 
Weld,  Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc. 

Female  Aux.  IVliss'y  Soc, 
Wiscassct,  Cont.  in  Cong.  So. 
Female  Miss'y  Asso  by  Miss 

S.  J.  Erskine  Tr. 
Cont.  in  Rev.  Mr.  Mather's 
Soc.  by  Henry  Clark, 
Worcester  (Ms.)  Bev.S.  Sweet- 
ser  to  complete  the  lifemem- 
ship  of  Mrs.  H.  F.  Sweet- 
ser, 
Winslow,  Thomas  Rice 
Frederick  Paine  an  1841 
Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc.  by  Rev. 

H.  C.  Jewett 
Cont.  in  Cong.  So. 
F.  Paine  an  1842  $2,  don  59 
Westbrook,     Mrs.       Catharine 
Dole  don  by  Rev. Mr.  Sew- 
all 
Cont.    in    Rev.    Mr.    Mor- 
dough's  So.  by  hand  of   B. 
M.  Edwards  to  const.  James 

B.  Walker  a  L.  M. 

H.    J.  by  Rev.  A.  Cummings 
West  Minut,  Mrs.   Nancy  Hil- 
born  by  Rev.  W.  V.  Jordon 
Warren,  Rev.    Edw.    F.  Cut- 
ter an  1841 
Wm.  Seavy    an  " 
Mrs.  E.  F.  Cutter  an     " 
James  Starrett  an  " 
Jesse  Page  an  " 
Lewis  Vaughan  an        " 
David  Starrett  an          " 


7  13 

Collection  in  2d   Cong.   So. 
bv  hand  of  Rev     Mr.  Cut- 

2 

ter, 

14 

1 

Wuitlirap,  Contribution, 

2209 

Female  Miss'y  So.  F.  &D. 

14  25 

Elijah  Wood  an  1841 

2 

Waldoboro" ,  From  the  late  Ed- 

11 

ward  Francis  Mitchell,  by 
hand  of  his  father,  Rev.  D. 

M.  Mitchell, 

20 

Rev.  D.M.Mitchell  an  1841 

2 

Mrs.  D.M.  Mitchell  an     " 

2 

9 

From  four  children  of  Rev. 

Mr.  Mitchell,  50  cents  each 

2 

Mrs.  Lucretia  Mitchell  don 

50 

2 

Cont.  in  Cong.  Soc. 

14  74 

5  02 

Samuel  Morse  an  1841 

2 

3 

Samuel  M.  Morse  an  1841 

2 

Olive    Morse 

50 

Susan  P.  Barnard 

50 

5  75 

Olive  R.  Morse 

50 

Don.  S.  M. 

4  50 

2  76 

T.  D.  Currier  an  1841 

2 

Mrs.  Reed 

50 

5C6 

J.  A.  Reed 

50 

6  30 

R.  C.  Webb         an         1841 

2 

7b7 

Mrs.  Webb          an             " 

2 

Eunice  Lash 

50 

5 

James  Hovey    an         1S41 

2 

Same  don. 

2 

22 

Mrs.  James  Hovey  don. 

250 

Mrs.  Elwell         don. 

250 

Mrs.  Sprowl 

50 

Mary  Sprowl 

50 

10 

Mrs.  Haskell 

50 

4 

Miss  Allen 

50 

2 

Mr.  Bulfinch         an       1841 

2 

Mrs.  Bulfinch       an          " 

2 

250 

Capt.  Cook           an          " 

2 

241 

Mrs.  Cook            an          " 

2 

2  59 

Friend 

5 

Jacob  Burnet 

13 

Mrs.  Mitchell 

50 

2 

"     Elwell 

50 

"     Currier 

50 

"     C.  Kaler 

50 

"     Bliss 

50 

20 

"     Allen 

50 

4 

Donation 

By  Rev.  D.  M.  Mitchell 

13 

1 

Robert  C.    Webb    &  wife 

an  1842 

4 

2 

John  Bulfinch  &  wife  "     " 

4 

2 

Samuel  Morse  &  wife  "     " 

4 

2 

John  Dodge  &.  wife  don 

150 

2 

James  Hovey  an  1842  2  00 

2 

don.  1  00 

3 

2 

Grenville  Hovey       don. 

1 

2 

Miron  Hovey                 " 

1 

46 


Mrs.  E.  A.  Hovcy        "  1 

John  D.  Currier  &  wife  "  1  50 

Hiram  Bliss  " 

Thomas  Ehvell  &  wife  "  1 

James  Cook  &  wife        "  2 

George  Allen  an  1841  an  '42    4 
Mrs.  Catharine  Allen  don        1 
"  Sarah  G.Elwell  an  1841  $2 
don  50  250 

4  00  don.  2  6 

Mrs.  Louisa  Moody         don.        50 
Mrs  John  Currier  "  50 

Mary  &  Martha  Currier  50 

Mrs.  Abner  Davis  "  25 

Mrs.  Sproul&Mary  Sproul  "      2 
Mrs.  Sarah  Allen  don        1 

Miss  Rebecca  Elwell         "  50 

Miss  Jane  Reed&Jane  Ann  "  1 
"    Eliza  Haskell         don.         50 
"    Matilda  Palmer        "  50 

Miss  Catharine  Kaler       "  50 

Mrs.  Betsey  Farley  "        1 

«    Eliza  Hovey  "  50 

"    Lewis  Winchenbach  "         50 
Miss  Polly  Manning         "  25 

Miss  Batsheba  Ludwig    "  50 

Mrs.  Clara  Ludwig  "  50 


Evarts  Bulfineh  «        4  (?5 

Cont  in  Cong  Society  11 

$20  of  which  to  const.  Rev. 
John  Dodge  a  L.  m.  by  his 
hand. 
fVatcrford,  Female  Ben.  Soc.  of 
North  Waterford,  Miss  Car- 
oline E.  Jewett,  Tr.  in  part 
to  const.  Rev.  J.  Douglass  a 
2d  time  a  L.  m.  11 

Whiting;  Mr.  Gilpatrick  2 

WhitneyviUe,WiUiam  Palmer  by 
hand  of  Rev.  James  Carru- 
thers  through  W.  A.  Crocker  5 
Tr.  of  Washington  Co.  Conf. 
Churches. 
York,  Scotland  Miss'y  So.  769 

Rev.  Mr.  Stone  and  family,  375 
Contributions  on  Sabbath,  4  82 
Charles  O.  Emerson,  in  part 

to  const,  himself  a  L.  m.  5 

Charles  Moody  don.  3 

by  Rev.  E.  Gillett. 

5834  68 
W.  Storeu,  Treasurer. 


LIFE   MEMBERS, 


Abbott,  Rev.  Jacob,  Farmington, 
"       Jacob  do 

"       Mrs.  Betsey  do 

"       Miss  Salucia         do 
"  "  Clara  Ann    do 

"       John  S.  Thomaston, 
"       Mrs.  Eliza  T.   do 
Adams,  Rev.  Thomas  Portland, 
"       Mrs.  Catharine  L.    do 
"       Rev.  Geo.  E.  Brunswick, 
"       Mrs.  Sarah  A.  do 

"  Rev.  Darwin  Alstead,  N.  H. 
"  Rev.  Clias.  S. Dartmouth, Ms. 
"  *Rev.  Weston  B.  Lcwiston, 
"       *Mrs.  Harriet  B.  do 

"       Miss   Malinda  C.         do 
"       Rev.  Jonathan  Deer  Isle, 
"       John  Jr.,  Newfield, 
"       Samuel  Castine, 
"       Mrs.  Lucy  S.  do. 
"       Rev.  Solomon      Boston, 
"       Mrs.  Adeline  do 

"       Isaac  R.  Farmington, 
"       Eliashib  Bangor, 
"       Mrs.  Hannah  A.  Deer  Isle, 
»       Miss  S.  F.  Castine, 
"       Rev.  Aaron  C.  Gardiner, 
Allen,  Rev.  William  D.D.  N.Hamp- 
ton, Mass. 
"     John  Weelock  WaylandMass. 
"     William  Norridgewock, 
Anderson,  Stephen  Frceport, 
Arnold,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Bath, 
Appleton  Elisha  W.  Portland, 
Auld,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Boothbay, 
Ayer,  Rev.  Thomas  late  of  Albany, 
Ashby,  Rev.  John  L.  York, 
Bacon,  Re  v.ElishaformerlyofSanford, 
"     ' — son  Rev.  E.  B.  do 
"     George  Freeport, 
"     Mrs.  George  do. 
Babcock,   Rev.   Elisha    formerly    of 

Wiscassrt, 
Baker,  Edward  W.  Portland, 
"     *Azariah  Edgecomb, 
"     Rev.  A-  R.  Medford  Mass. 
"     Rev.  John  Kennebunkport, 
Bailev,  Lebbeus  Portland, 
Barker,  Mrs.  Phebc  A.  Wilton, 

"     Samuel  F.  Calais, 
Barrett,  Amos  Winthrop, 
Baron,  E.  W.  Lebanon, 
Barrows,  John  S.  Fryeburg, 


u        John  S.  Jr.  Fryeburg, 
"        Ruel  do 

"  Thomas  P.  do 
"  Mrs.  Ann  K.  do 
"        Ann  A.  do 

"         George  B.       do 
Beckwith,Rev.  George  C.  Boston, 
»        Mrs. Martha  W.  do. 
"        Rev.  B.  B.  Castine, 
Belden,  Rev.  Jonathan  Augusta, 

"       Mrs.  Martha  " 

Belcher,  Hiram  Farmington, 
Bettes,  Mrs.  Caroline  M.  Kennebunk, 
Bigelow,  Rev.  Asahel  Walpole,  Ms. 
Bishop,  Rev.  Nelson  Clinton, 
Bixby,  George  Athens, 
Bowker,  Mrs.  Abigail   Bethel 
Bovey,  John  Bath, 
Blanchard,  Charles  Boston, 
"         Nath'l  Portland, 
"         Sylvanus  N.  Yarmouth, 
"         Dorcas  " 

S.  W. 

Blake,  Mrs.  Mary  G.  Bath 
Blood,  Rev.  Mighill  Bucksport, 

"      Mrs.  do 

Blodgett,  Bliss  do 

Bond,  Mrs.  Sophia  E.  Hallo  well, 

"     Elias  do 

Boynton,Rev.John  late  ofPhipsburg, 

"        Rev.  Alden 
Bradley,  John  Portland, 

"        Mrs.  Catharine        " 
"         John  Jr.  " 

"         Samuel  Hollis, 
"         Rev.  Caleb  Wcstbrook, 
Breed,  Rev.  William  J.  Bucksport, 

"       Mrs.  Mary  S.  do 

Bridge,  James  Augusta, 
"       3Irs.  Emily  Winslow, 
Brown,  Amos  Gorham, 
"       Thomas  Portland, 
"       Mrs.  Ann         do 
"       Theodore  S.  Bangor, 
"       A.  G.  Hampden, 

"  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  do 
"  Samuel  J.  M.  do 
»       B.H.  do 

"        Edward  P.  do 

"        Mrs.  Sarah  Bangor, 
"        Bent.  Vassalboro', 
"       William  S.  Bangor, 
"       Rev.  George   Mount  Desert, 


43 


n       Rev.  John    Crombic    St.  Pe- 

tersbnrg,  Russia, 
"       Mary  Lincoln  Hampden, 
"       Mrs.  Elizabeth  Andover, Ms 
"       James  Danvers,  Mass, 
44       Geo.  A.  Hampden, 

Brooks,  Wm.  A.  Augusta, 

Buck,  Sarah  T.  Orland, 

Buck,  John  do 

Burr,  Rev.  Jonathan  Boston, 

Bulfinch,  John  Waldoboro', 

Bullard,  Rev.  Asa  Boston, 
"       Mrs.  Asa         do 

Burnham,  Seth  Kennebunkport, 

Burbank,  Jedediah  Betliel, 
"        Mrs.  Frances  do 

Buswell,  Henry  C.  Fryeburg, 
44       Mrs.  Elizabeth  O.  do 

*Byram,  Mrs.  Lucretia  R.  Portland, 

Bond,  Mrs.  Ellen    M.   Sandwich    Is- 
land Mission, 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Lusanna  Augusta, 

Baker,  Rev.  Silas  Standish, 


Clark,  Rev.  William,  Fryeburg. 

"      Henry  Kennebunkport, 

44       Mrs.  Louisa  H.  Wells, 

"       Miss  Lois,  Portland, 

44       Mrs.  Samuel    do 

"       Freeman,  Bath, 

"      Mrs.  Freeman,  Bath, 

"      Miss  Frances  L.  do 
Clapp,  Mrs.  Jane  T.  Bath, 

"       Mrs.  Rachel       do 

"       Charles  jr.  do 

'Cleaves,  Mrs.  Biddeford, 

"         Miss  Mary  do 
Cleaveland,  Prof  Parker,  Brunswick, 
Cogswell,  Rev.  Jonathan,  E.    Wind- 
sor, 
«  Mrs.  J. 

"Cook,  Amos  J.  Fryeburg, 

"     Mrs.  E.  do 

"     *Francis,  Wiscasset, 
Coker,  Stephen,  Alna, 
Colby,  Joseph  Fryeburg, 

"       Mrs.  Elizabeth  do 


do 


Campbell,  Rev.  G.  W.  Newbury,  Vt.  Cole,  Rev.  Albert  Bluehill 


Carlton,  Rev.  Isaac  Oxford, 

44         Mrs.  Isaac         " 

44        Isaac,  Bethel, 
Carpenter,    Rev.    Eber   formerly 
York, 


Collins,  Sally,  New  Gloucester, 
Condit,  Rev.  Jona.  B.  Portland,  3  t's 
"       Mrs.  J.  B.  do         2d  t. 

'  Conant,  Rev.  J.  H.  Temple, 
i Cordis,  Samuel,  Winthrop, 
"         Rev.  Elbridge  G.  Eastport,|Cornish,  Rev.  Clark 
Carruthers,  Rev.  J.  Portland  0  times  Cummings,  Rev.  A.  Portland,  2d  time 
"  *Mrs.  Robina  do  "         Mrs.  Phebe     do 

44  *Miss  Jane      do  "         Henry  T.         do 

"  Miss  Ellen       do  Curtis,  Samuel  Wells, 

Chase,  Stephen  Fryeburg,  "       Theodore  Freepcrt, 

Mrs-.  Sarah,  North  Yarmouth,  Cutter.  Rev.  Edward  F.  Warren, 


"Chapin,  Rev.  Perez  Pownal, 
44         Mrs.  Sarah  W.  do 
44         *Rev.  Horace  B.  Lewiston 

Talis, 
44         Mrs.  Horace  B.         do 
Chamberlain,  Benj.  P.  Salem,  Mass. 
Chapman,  Rev.   Nathaniel,  Camden, 
"Chandler,  Rev.  Samuel,  Elliot, 
"  Enos   N.  Yarmouth, 

44  Joseph  Jr.  do 

Chadbourne,  Miss  Betsey  Portlend, 
Chickering,  Rev.  J.  W.  Portland,  2d 
time, 
44  Mrs.  J.  W.  44 

Child,  James  L.  Augusta, 
44       Mrs.  Jane  II.  do 
44       Daniel  C.  do 

41       Ann  Eliza        do 
44       James  L.  jr.     do 
Chute,  Mrs.  Mary  Portland, 

44     Rev.  A.  P.  formerly  of  Pownal, 
44      Mrs.  A. P.  formerly  of  Pownal, 
Churrh,  Fpv    A.  B.  Calais, 


Cushman,  Rev.  David,  Boothbay, 

44       Mrs.  Emeline  H.  Boothbay, 
*Crosby,  Rev.  John  Castine, 

44  Mrs.  Hannah,  Bangor, 

44         Timothy,  Bangor, 

44         James  do 

44  Mrs.  James    do 

Crossett,  Rev.  R.  Dennysville, 

44         Mrs.  Dorothea  do 
Codman,  Mrs.  Lucretia,  Portland, 
Cutler,  Miss  Sarah  Hallowell, 
Christopher  Mrs.  Lydia  Calais, 
Claves,  Rev.  Dana  Portland, 
Cutler,  Rev.  E.  G.  Belfast, 
Child,  Grenville  H.  Augusta, 
Carpenter,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Eastport, 
Childs,  Miss  Rebecca  Jane  Augusta, 
Colby,  Mrs.  Ruth  M.  Fryeburg, 
Cummings,  Dea.  Asa  Albany, 
Carlton  Mrs.  Daniel  jr.  Alna, 
Dana,  Nath'l  Boston, 
Davenport,  Rev.  John  S.  Gorham, 
"  Mrs.  Elisabeth      do 


49 


Dai  is,  Rev.Timothy,  Litchfield, 

"     Mr?.  Lucy  do 

Delano,  Miss  M.  Portland, 
Deering,  Stephen  Augusta, 
"         Mrs.  Caroli-ic  do 
Dickinson,  John   Amherst,    Mass. 
Dike,  John  Beverly,  " 

"     John  Salem,"'  " 

Dillingham,  Cornelius  Freeport, 
Dinsmore,  Win.  W.  Norridewock, 
Dodge,  Mrs.  JancC.  Portland, 
Dole,  Carleton  Augusta, 
"     Ebenezer  Hallowell, 
u     Henry  Lyman  do 
"     Samuel  Munson  do 
"     Mrs.  Hannah       do 
"     Helen  Bond  Hallowell, 
Donnell,  Mrs.  Harriet  Bath, 
Dorrance,  Oliver  B.  Portland, 

"         Mrs.  Jane         do 
Douglass,  Rev.  Jn  A.  Waterford,2d  t 
"         Mrs.  Lucy  A.         do 
"         Miss  Ann  Portland, 
Douglass,  Rcv.Nathan  St.  Albaris2d  I 
Dow,  Rev.  Moses  formcrlv  of  York, 
Downer,  Mrs.  Mary  B.  Portland, 
Drake,  Rev.  Samuel  S.  Garland, 
Drammond,  Alexander 
Dummcr,  Mrs.  M.  Jacksonville,  Til. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Hallowell, 
Duncan,  Rev.  A.  G.  Brooks, 
Dunlap,  David  Brunswick, 

"         Mrs.  Nancy  M'Keen  do 
Din ni,  Freeman  Hyde,  Bangor, 
"      Win.  Griffin  do 

"      Rev.  Charles  Sangcrville, 
Dutton,  Samuel  P. 

"         Samuel  Ellswortli, 
"  Mrs.  Eliabeth,do 

Dwight,  Rev.Wm.  T.  Portland, 

"        Mrs.  Eliza  L.     do 
Dodge,  Rev.  John  Waldoboro, 
Drummond,   Rev.   James    Lewiston 

Palls, 
Eaton,  Rev.  Eben  Mt.  Desert, 
!'. a  itman,  MaTy  A.  Harrison, 
Ellis,  Rev.  Manning  Brooksville, 
Ellingwood,  Rev.  John  W.  Bath, 

"  Mrs.  John  W.      do 

Elwcll,  Payn,  Waldoboro,' 
Emerson,  Rev.  Noah  Baldwin, 
Emmons,  Henry  V.  Hallowell, 

"         Mrs.  Lucy         do 
Eaton,  Kev.  Joshua  Dexter, 
Fales,  Oliver  Thomaston, 
Fargo,  Rev.  George   W.  Solon, 
Farley,  Mrs.  Betsej  Waldoboro 
Fessenden,  Re\  ,  Jos<  ph  i'  Bridgton, 
"  Mr-.  Pfie'be  do 


Mrs.  Sarah  Fryeburg, 
Field,  .Mrs.  Abagail  Belfast, 
Fisk,  Rev.  Charles  R.  Brewer, 
"     Rev.  Albert  W.  Alfred, 
Fisher,  Rev.  Jonathan  Bluehili, 
"       Mrs.  boll]  do 

"       Rev.  Josiah 
Fobes,  Rev,  Ephraim  Weld, 
Fowler,  Rev.  B.  Northficld,  Ms. 
Foxcroft,  Joseph  E.  New  Gloucester, 

"         Mrs.  Abigail,         do 
Flint,  William  New  Vineyard, 
Freeman,  Rev.  Charles,  Limerick, 
Frost,  Rev.  Charles  Bethel, 
Fryc,  Isaac  Fryeburg, 

"     Mrs.  Ann  do 
Fuller,  Rev.  Joseph 

"       Mrs.  Catharine,  Augusta. 
Fiske,  Mrs.  Mary  P.  Bangor, 
"     Miss  Rebecca  M.    do 
"     J.B.  do 

Footc,  Mrs.  A.  S.    L.  formerly  Mrs 

Jenkins,  Jamcston,  N.  Y. 
Gage,  Mrs.  Joanna,  Augusta, 
(iale,  Rev. Wakefield  Gloucester, M? 

'     Mrs.  Mary  L.  do 

Garland,  Samuel  Parsonsficld, 
"       John  Newfield, 
"       Mrs.  Mary  Ohio, 
Gillett,  Rev.  E.  D.D.,  Hallowell, 
"       Mrs.  Mary  G.  do 

"       Miss  Grace  II.  do 

"       A.  P.  Caroline,        do 
"       Miss  Helen,  Mississippi 
Gilnian,  Sophia  Bond  Hallowell, 

"       Mrs.  Lucy  D.  do 

"Gleason,  John  Thomaston, 
Gould,  Edward,  Portland, 
Gould,  Mrs.  Althea,  Portland, 
Gfoss,Rev.  Jacob  C.  Woolwich, 
Goocb,  Rev.  James,  Fish's  Mills, 
Gov<  ,   Hartley  Wood,  Bath, 
Goodale,  Mrs"  P.  A.  Saco, 

"       Mrs.  Hannah  G.  do. 
"Green,  Mrs.  Abagail  S.Farmington, 
Greenleaf,  Kev. Jonathan  Lyndon.  Vt 

"  "     Win.  C.  Andover, 

Green,  "     Beriah    formerly    of 

Kenncbunk. 
Greely,  Rev.  Allen,  Turner, 
»       Mrs.  Eunice  T.  do 
"       'David,  Portland, 
"       Mrs.  "      now  Mrs.  Richard 
son  of  Pelhani,   N.  H. 
Gregg,  Rev.  William, 
Greenwood,  Mason  former!}  of  Port- 
.land, 
"  ■  Mrs.  Maria,  A<- 

u  Miss  Maria  I  ;abclla  <'■ 


50 


*Hale,  Rev.  Jonathan  S.  Windham, 
4t     John  M.  Ellsworth, 
"     Mrs.  Sarah  M   do 
Karwood,  Mrs.  Hannah  Bath, 
Haskell,  Wm.  B.  New  Gloucester, 

Licentiate, 
Hackett,  Rev.  Simeon  Temple, 

"        Mrs.  Vesta,  do 

Hamlin,  Hannibal  Waterford, 
"  Miss  Fanny,  Portland, 

"         Rev.  Cyrus  Constantinople, 
Hancock,  Elias,  Otisfield, 
Hardy,  Rev.  Jacob,  Strong, 
Harlow,  Nathaniel      Bangor, 
"         Mrs.  Mary,         do 
"         Charles  W.         do 
"  Sarah  P.  do 

"  Nath'l  Henrv,    do 

"         Thomas  S.  "      do 
Harrington,  Enoch,  Freeport, 

"  Mrs.  Enoch  do. 

Hathaway,  Rev.  G.  W.    Bloomficld, 
Hawes,  Rev.  J.  T.  New  Sharon, 

"       Mrs.  Temperance,  do. 
Hayes,  Joseph  M.  Saco,  2d  time, 

"        *Mrs.  Susan,  do. 
Hill,  Mark  L.  Phippsburg, 

"     Mrs.  Abigail  S.  do 
Hills,  Rev.  Israel,  Lovell,  2d  time, 
"     James,  Monson, 
"     Mrs.  Ann  B.  do 
Hobart,  Rev.  Caleb,  N.  Yarmouth, 

"       Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  do 

Hodgdon,  Israel  Parsonsfield, 
*Holt,  Rev.  Fifield  Bloomficld, 

"       Uriah,  Norway, 
Holcomb,  Jonas  G.  Augusta, 
Hopkins,  Rev.  Samuel,  Saco, 

"         Mrs.  S.  do 

Hovey,  Wm.  Warren, 
How,  Mrs.  Susan,  Abbot, 
Hubbard,  Rev.  Anson  Andover, 
Hulin,  Rev.  George  H. 
Hurd,  Rev.  Carlton,  Fryeburg, 
"     Mrs.  Sophronia  E.  do 
.  "     Widow  Elizabeth,    do 
Hyde,  John  E.  Paris, 
Hyde,  Wm.  Henry,  Portland, 
"       Gershom,  Bath, 
"       Mrs.  Eliza  H.  do 
Hunt,  Mrs.  Mary  C.  Gorham, 
Hale,  Ezekiel  Norridgewock, 
Ingraham,  Rev.  John  H.  Augusta, 
"         Mrs.  John  H.         do 
"         Mrs.  Martha,  Portland, 
"Ilsley,  Mrs.  Lucy,  do 

Irish,  Mrs.  Maria  M.  Gorham, 
Jackson, Rev.  Abraham,Walpole  NH 
"       Henry,  Portland, 


Jameson,  Rev.  Thomas,  Gcrham, 
*Jenkins,  Rev.  Charles,  Portland, 

"       Miss  A.  L.  Jamestown,  N.Y. 
Jewett,  Rev.  Henry  C.  Winslow, 
"        Mrs.  do 

"         Jeremiah,  Alna, 
Jones,  Rev.  Elijah,  Minot, 
Jones,  Mrs.  Bathshcba,  do 
Johnson,  Mary  Marble, Andover, Ms, 
u  *Rev.  Samuel,  Augusta, 

rt"  Mrs.  Samuel  Brunswick, 

"  Samuel  W.  do 

"  Thomas,  Bremen, 

"  Mrs.  Ann,     do 

Jefferds,  William,  Kennebunkport, 
Kendrick,  Rev.  Daniel,  Lyman, 

"  Mrs.  Sally,  do 

*Kellogg,  Rev.  Elijah,  Portland, 

"         Mrs.  Eunice,         do 
Keeler,  Rev.  S.  H.  Calais,  2d  time, 

"        Mrs.  Mary     do 
Kent,  Rev.  Cephas  H. 
Kidder,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  E. 
Kimball,  Rev.  Ivory,  Elliot, 
"       Mrs.  Ivory  do. 
"       Rev.  Caleb,  Biddibrd, 
"       Iddo,  Thomaston, 
*Ladd,  William,  Minot, 
Lane,  Rev.  Joseph 
Lawton,  Rev.  C.  J.  Passadumkeag, 
*Lee,  Samuel  C.  Calais, 
Leland,  Dorcas  K.  Saco, 

"     Jane  M.  Bath, 
Lemont,  Adam,  do 
Lewis,  Mrs.  Mary,  Portland, 
Lewis,  Rev.  Wales,  Weymouth,  Ms. 
Lewis,  Mrs.  do 

Libbey,  Joseph,  Portland, 
"       Mrs   Lucy,     do 
"       *Rev.  Daniel,  Dixfield, 
Lincoln,  Geo.  Shepard,  Hallowell, 

"         Royal  Portland, 
Little,  Mrs.  Hannah,  Danville, 
"       Miss  Sarah,  do 

"       Rev.  Valentine  Lovel, 
Littlefield,  Samuel  B.  Wells, 
"  Joseph  E.Bangor, 

*Loomis,  Rev.  Harvey,     do 
Loper,  Rev.  S.  A.  late  of  Hampden, 
Long,  Rev.  Jos.  A.  E.,  N.  H 
Lord,  Mrs.  Phebe,  Kennebunkport, 
Lord,  Miss  Susan,  (now  Mrs.  Clark, 
Lord,  Mrs.  Lydia,  Kennebunkport, 
"     Mrs.  E.L.  do 

"     Daniel  W.  do 

,'     Charles  A.  Illinois, 
u     Nathaniel,  Bangor, 
"     Rev.  N.,  D.  D.  Hanover,  N.  H. 
"     Thomas  N.  Hallowell, 


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Loring,  John  Norridgewock, 
"       Rev.  Levi  Athens, 
"       Desiah  B.,  N.  Yarmouth, 
"       Rev.  Amasa,  Bangor, 
Lovejoy,  Rev.  Jos  C.  Hallowell, 
"        Mrs.  Sarah  do 

"        Miss  Elizabeth  Alton,  111. 
Ladd  John  Hallowell, 

M     Mrs.  John     do 
Maltby,  Rev.  J.  Bangor, 

"        Mrs.  Margaret  M.  G.  do 
Marsh,  Mrs.  Phebe  C.  Gorham, 
"       *Thomas  S.  Bath, 
"       Rev.  C.  Roxbnry,  Mass. 
"       "Mrs.  Nancy  W.      do 
"       Miss  Elizabeth  P. 
Magoun,  David  C.  Bath, 

"       Mrs.  Hannah  C.  do 
"       Geo.  F.  do 
"May,  Rev.  Win.  Strong, 

"     Mrs.  D.  M.      do 
Martin  Miss  Penelope,  Portland, 
Marrett  Mrs.  Dorcas  Standish, 
Masters    "     Caroline  Topsham, 
Mather  Rev.  Wm.  L.  Wiscasset, 

"       Mrs.  Amanda  P.      " 
McKeen  Rev.  Silas,  Bradford,  Vt. 

"       Mrs.  Hannah  J.  do 
McDonald,  John  Bangor, 
McLellan  William  Warren, 

"         *Bryce,  Bloomfield, 
"Mead  Rev.  Asa  East  Hartford, 

"     Mrs.  Jane  G.  Gorham, 
Merrill,  Rev.  Josiah  G.  Washington, 
"       Rev.  Enos,  Falmouth, 
"       Mrs.  Hannah  A.  do 
"       Rev.  Stephen,  Lisbon, 
"       Mrs.  Mary  H.      do 
"       Richard  Freeport, 
"       Rev.  Henry  A.  Norway, 
"       *Mrs.  Mehitable,  Portland, 

Miss  Sarah  H.  do 

"       Mrs.  Huldah  F.  do 

Miller,  Joseph  R.  Kennebunk, 

"       Deborah,  Old  Town, 
Millett,  John  Kennebunkport, 
Miltimore  Mev.  Wm.  N.  H. 
Mitchell,  Rev.  D.  M.  Andover,  Ms. 
"         Mrs.  D.  M.  do 

"         Miss  Sarah  Jane,     do 

now  Mrs.  Johnson, 
"         Miss  LucretiaL.  Portland, 
"         Ammi  R.  Bath, 
"         Mrs.  Nancy  T.  do 
"         Mrs.  Jacob,  N.  Yorrr.cuth, 
Moseley  Mrs.  Nancy,  N.  Gloucester,' 
Mordough  Rev.  John  H.  Saccarappa, 
Morse,  Samuel  Waldoborough, 
"        Rev.   Stephen  Biddeford, 


Moody,  Mrs.  Sarah  IlalloweM, 
Munsell,  Rev.  Joseph  R.  Brewer, 
McDonald,  .Mrs.  Olive  Bangor, 
Mountfort,  Elias  Portland, 
Mason,  Mrs.    Sarah  L.   Kennebunk, 

port, 
Nason  Bartholomew,  Hallowell, 

"       Mrs.  do.  do 

Newell,  3Irs.  Esther  M.,  Durham, 
"         Rev.    Daniel,    formerly   of 

Bridgton, 
"         Rev.  Israel,  Durham, 
Norton,  Winthrop,  B.  Oxford, 

«        Charles  E.  South    Berwick, 
"Nourse  Rev.  Peter,  Ellsworth, 
Noyes,  Miss  Lucy,  Portland, 
Nelson,  Mrs.  Per'sis,  Buckfield, 
Oliphant,  Rev.  D.  formerly  of  Wells, 
Osgood,  Mrs.  Abigail,  Fryeburg, 

"        Mrs   Joshua  B.,  Portland, 
Page,  Rev.  Caleb  F.  Bridgton, 
*Page,  Mrs.  Sarah  B.  do 
"     Benj.  K.    Hallowell, 
"     Mrs.  Benjamin,  do 
"     Simon  do 

"  Mrs.  Simon,  do 
"  JohnOdlin,  do 
"     Rufus  K.  do 

"     Mrs.  Martha  II .  do 
"     Mrs.  Abigail  Neal,  Brunswick, 
"     Jesse,  Warren, 
"     Rev.  Robert,  Levant, 
"     Wm.  R.  Hallowell, 
Palmer,  Rev.  Ray,  Bath, 

"        Mrs.  Rav,  do. 
Park,  Rev.  C  E'.  Waterville, 
Parker,  Rev.  Wooster,  Brewer, 
"      Rev.  Freeman,  Wiscasset, 
"       Mrs.  Wealthy  Ann,  Brewer, 
"       Edmund,  Amherst,  N.  H. 
"       Miss  Mary  H.      do. 
Packard,  Rev.  H.  D.  D.  formerly  of 

Wiscasset, 
Parsons,  Rev.  Eben  G.,  Freeport, 
Paine,  Zenas,  Buxton, 
*Payson,  Rev.  E.  D.  D.  Portland, 
"       Mrs.  Ann  L.  do 

"       Miss  Louisa    S.    now    Mrs. 
Hopkins,Williamstown,Ma 
Pearson,  Paul,  Alna, 
"         Jeremiah,  do 
"         Miss  Jane  W.  Portland, 
Peters,  Rev.  Absalom,  N.  York, 
Peet,  Rev.  Josiah,  Norridgewoclc, 

"    Mrs.  Sarah,  do 

Peckham,  Rev.  Samuel  H. 
Perham,  Rev.  John,  Industry, 
Pearl,  Rev.  Cyril,  Buckfield, 
*Pike,  Daniel,  Bangor, 


/ 


5-2 


Pomeroy,  Rev.  Thaddeus   Onondaga 
Hollow,  NY. 
"         Mrs.  Emily  S.  M.     do 
.Porhroy,  Rev.  Swan  L.  Bangor, 

"'"  '      Mrs.  Ann  Q.  do 

Poland,  Miss  Caroline  C.  Boston, 
Powers,  Rev.  Philander  O.  Brocsa, 

"         Mrs.  do 

Philbrook,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  Bath, 
Plummer,  John,  South   Berwick, 
Prince,  Ezekiel,  Eastport, 
"       John  M.  Bangor, 
"       Mrs.  Hannah,  N.  Yarmouth, 
Pickard,    Mrs.     Hannah,    Lcwiston 

Palls. 
Park,  Mrs,  H.  T.   Waterville, 
Page,  Miss  Clarissa  P.  llallowell, 

"     Benj.  do 

Pennell,  Miss  Charlotte,  Portland, 
Pierce,  Samuel,  Durham, 
Payson,  Miss  Phebe  W.  Boston, 
*Q,uiney,  Marcus,  Portland, 
Rankin,  Rev. Andrew,  Concord, NH. 
Reed,  Isaac  Gf.  Waldoborougb, 
Rice,  Thomas,  Winslow, 
"     Mrs.  Thomas,  do 
"     Rev.  Benj.  Buxton, 
"     Mrs.  Lucy  dp 
"     Win.  W."        do 
"     Charles  Jenkins,  do 
"     Miss  Lucy  Ann,  Buxton, 
Richardson,  Rev.  J.P.  Otisfield  2d 
Richardson,  Mrs.  Mary,  do. 
"  Eunice  T.  Sidney, 

William,  Bath, 
"  "Mrs.  Wm.  do 

"  John,  do 

Miss  Harriet  E. 
Wm.  P.  do 
"  Henry  S.  do 

"  Mrs.  Hannah  T.  do 

"  Frederick  L.  do 


John  G.  do 

"  Mrs.  Marin    do 

Geo.  L. 
"  Sarah  B.        do 

"  Mary  J.  do 

Rielly,  Miss  Margaret,  St.  Louis, 
Ripley,  Rev.  Lincoln,  Waterford, 
'Ripley,  Mrs,  Phcbc,  do 

'Robie,  Thomas  S.  Gorham, 

"       Mrs.  Clarissa  A.  do 
Roberts,  Rev.  Bennet,  late  of  Peiuy, 
Robinson,  Mrs.  Betsey,  Bath, 
Rogers,  Rev.  Isaac,  Farmington, 
"       Mrs.  E.  F.  do 

"       Benj.  T.  New  York, 
Russell,    Mrs.      Hannah,    N.    Yar- 
mouth. 


Ru  s<  II,  Mrs    Di  bovah,  Portland, 

Rumery,  James  S.  Saco, 
Sawyer,  Rev.  John  Garland, 

"       James  Saco, 
Saunders,  Amos  Waterford, 
"Scott,  Rev.  Jonathan  Minot, 
Scales,  Nathaniel,  Durham, 
Seldcn,  Calvin  Norridgewock, 

"       Mrs.  Harriet,       do 
Scabury,  David  N.  Yarmouth, 
"         Mary  L.     do 
"        Rev.  Edwin,  New  Castle, 
Sewall,  Rev.  J.  Chcsterville,iM  time, 
*Mrs.  Jenny,    do 
Henry,  Augusta, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  L.  do 
Rev.  Samuel  Sumner, 
Matilda  J.  Winthrop, 
Stephen,         do 
Mrs.  Stephen,  do 
"      Rev.  Jotliam  Jr.  Westbrook, 
"      Mrs.  Anna  do 

"       Miss  Lucy   Kcnnebunk, 
"       "Mrs.  Hannah  llallowell, 
*Searle  Rev.  Joseph,  N.Bridgton, 
Sikes  Rev.  Oren  Mercer, 

"     Mrs.  Julia  K.  do 
Shepley,  Ether  Portland, 

"       Rev.  David  N.  Yarmouth, 
"       Mrs.  Myra  N.         do 
"       Rev.  S   H.  N.  Gloucester, 
"       Mrs.  Pamelia  do 

"        Mrs.  Betsey  do 

Sheldon,  Rev.  Nathan  W.  Gray, 
"       Rev.  Anson  Robbinston, 
"       *Mrs.  Susan  Rumford, 
Shepard,  Rev.    Geo.   Bangor, 
"         Mrs.  G.  do 

Geo.  II.  do 

[Sherman,  Joseph  Columbia,  Tcnn. 

"       Mrs.  NarcissaB.  do   do 
Smith,  Rev.Thos.M.N.  Bedford  Ms. 
"     \Vrilli;un  Kcnncbunkport, 
"     *Rev.  Prof.  John  Bangor, 
"     Amasa,  Cumberland, 
"     Rev.  Daniel,  Parsonsfield, 
"     Mrs.  Mary  Jane,  do 
"     Isaac,  Portland, 
;'     Rev.  Levi  late  of  Kcnnebunk- 

port, 
"     Mrs.  L.  W.  do 
-Sncll,  Mrs.  Jane  C.  Ellsworth, 
Soule,  Rev.  Chas.  Norway,  2d  tin:. 
"     Mrs.  do 

"     Moses,  Freeport, 
"     Rufus  do 

Souther,  Samuel,  Fryeburg, 
"       Miss  Mary"   do 
"       John  W.         di 


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Sprague    \I,      War\  Bath; 
"       Peleg  Jr.'      do 
"       W'm.  II.         do 
"       Sell),  do 

"      Nancy  E.      ilo 
"       Harriet  E.     do 
«       Mrs.  Sarah  HaHoweH, 
Sprowl,  Mrs.  Jane  Waldoboro', 
Starrett,  Rev.  David  Augusta, 
"       Calvin   Washington, 
"       *Gtorge,  Bangor, 
"       James  Warren, 
Stallard  Thomas,  Portland, 
Si  a  n  wood,  Miss  Susan  Augusta, 
Stevens,  Rev.  Jos.  B.  Brunswick,G; 
"       Mrs.  Lydia,  do 

"       Mrs.  Thomas  Portland, 
"       Miss  Lucy  A.         do 
"       Jeremiah,  do 

"       Mrs.  Elizabeth,      do 
*Steele,  Rev.  M.  Machias, 
Stickney  Rev.  Moses  P.  Eastport, 
»       Win.  Hallowell, 
"       Mrs.  Wm.  do 
"       Mrs.  Dorothy  L.  do 
Stinson,  Mrs.  Lucinda  W.  Weld, 

"        Rev.  Hermon,  do 

Storer,  Woodbury  Portland, 
"       Mrs.  Mary  B.  do 
"       Seth  Scarborough, 
"      Henry  G     do 
Stone,  Rev.  Samuel  York, 

"       Rev.  Thos.T.  East  Machias, 
"       Israel  Kcnnebunkport, 
Storrs,  Rev.  R.  S.  Braintree,  Ms. 
Strickland,  Rev.  M.  W.  Amherst, 

"  S.,  Wilton, 

Swan,  William  Portland, 
"       Mrs.  Alary,     do 
"       Miss  Martha  E.  do 
"       Mrs.  Mary  Winslovv, 
Swcetser,  S.  North  Yarmouth, 
"  William,     do 

"  Harriet  J.   do 

"         Rev.  Seth  Worccster,Ms. 
"         Mrs.  H.  F.         do 
Sylvester,  Samuel  Bangor, 
Sylvester  Mrs.  Charlotte,  do 
Scaminon,  Miss  Sarah  N.  Saco, 
Stone,  Rev.  Cyrus,  Bingham, 
Stone,    Mrs.    "Miranda,  Kenncbunk- 

port, 
Stickney,  Paul,  Hallowell, 
Sanford,  Thorns  II.  Bangor, 
Talbot,  Rev.  Samuel,  Wilton, 
"      Mrs.  do  do 

"     Peter,  Winslow, 
Tappan,  Dr.  E.  S.Augusta 
Rev.  B.  I)D   do 


"  Mrs.  B.  do 

"  Elizabeth  '1'.  do 
"  Jane  W.  do 
"  Mary  A.  do 

"  Catharine  II  do 

"         T.  L.  Winthrop,  do 
"         Anne  W.  do 

"         Rev.  B.  Jr  ,  Hampden, 
"         Mrs.  Benj.  Jr.,  do 
"         Mrs.  Delia,  do 

"        Rev.  D.  D.  Marshfield,Ms. 
"         Mrs.  M.  fdo 

"         Rev.  S.  S.  Frankfort, 
"        E.L.Frankfort, 
"         Hannah,  Augusta, 
Tallman,  Mrs.  Eleanor,  Bath, 
*Taylor,  John,  Bath 
Tenney,  Rev.  Thomas,  Oberlin, 
"         Mrs   Martha  do. 
"         Rev.  Sevvall,  Ellsworth, 
"         Mrs.  Sarah,         do  2d  time, 
Tewksbury,  Rev.  Geo.  F.  Albany, 

"  Sarah  do 

Tirrell  Alice  S.  Boston, 
Tyler,  Rev.  B.  D.D.    E.  Windsor, 
Thatcher,  Geo.  A.  Warren, 
Thornton,  Mrs.  E.  B.  Saco, 
Thompson  Edward,  Pownal, 
Thurston,  Rev.  David,  Winthrop, 
"  Mrs.  David,  do 

"  Rev.  Stephen,  Prospect, 

"  Mrs.         do     '        do 

"  Rev.  E.,  Hallowell, 

»  Mrs.  Mary   Caroline,  do 

*Trask  Mrs.  Martha  Portland, 
Trufant,  Gilbert,  Bath, 

"         Mrs   Sarah  R.Bath, 
Tucker,  Rev.  Josiah,  Madison, 
"        Mrs.  Esther,  do 
"        Mrs.  Deborah  Turner, 
"        John,  do 

Turner,  John  Newton,  Boston,  Ms. 
Thompson,  John,  Mercer, 
Titcomb,  James,  Kennebunk, 
Thornton,  J.  B.  Saco. 
*Tupper,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann, 
Upham,  Prof.  Thos.  C.  Brunswick, 
Underwood, Rev.  Jos.,  N.  Sharon, 
Vail,  Rev.  Jos.  Brimrield,  Ms. 
Vail,  Mrs.  do 

Vinton,  Rev.  John  A.  N.  Sharon, 
Wales,  Rev    Nathaniel,  Belfast, 
Walker,  Oliver,  Kcnnebunkport, 
"         Mrs.  Eliza,  Fryehurg, 
"         Mrs.  Catharine  do 
"  Mrs.  Asa,  Bangor, 

Ward  Rev.  Stephen  D.,  Machias, 
"     Robert  G.  Bath, 
"     Marmaduke,  do 


54 


"     Laura  A.  Machiaa, 
Warren,  William,  Waterford, 
"         Samuel,  do 

'•         Mrs.  Mary,       do 
Waite,  Joshua  Freeport, 
Waterhouse  Mrs.  Ann  P.  Portland, 
Webster,  Ebenezer  jr.  C.  Elizabeth, 
"       3Trs.  Mary  Jane,     do 
"       William,  Fryeburg, 
Weston,  Rev.  Isaac  Portland, 
"       Rev.  James  Standish, 
"       Mrs.  James,         do 
"       Nathan  Madison, 
"       Benj.jr.      do 
"       *Rev.  Daniel  Gray, 
"       Mrs.  Jane  W.,  Eastport, 
"       Mrs  Ann  S  ,  Bangor, 
"       Mrs.  Sarah  Fryeburg, 
"Wight,  Eli,  Bethel, 
White,  Rev.  Seneca, 

"       Rev.  Henry  Jackson, 

"       Rev.  Calvin,  late  of  Gray, 


'Whitney,  Dr.  N.  Yarmouth, 
Whipple  Rev.  J.K.  late  ofDixmont, 
Wilkins,  Rev.  I.E.  Fairfield, 
Williams,  Rev.  Thomas  Poland, 
"         Daniel  Augusta, 
"         E.  B.  Gardiner, 
"  Mrs.  Hannah,  do 

"         Miss  Helen,     do 
"         Samuel,  do 

*Wines  Rev.  Abijah,  Deer  Isle, 

"       Mrs.  Ruth,  do 

Witherell,  Rev.  Samuel  B. 
Woodbury,  Mrs.  Octavia,  Portland, 
Woodman,  Benjamin,  Burlington, 
Woodhull,  Rev.  R.  Thomaston, 
"  Mrs.  Sarah  F.,  do 

"  "Mrs.  Portland, 

Walker,  James  B.  Westbrook, 
Day,  Mrs.  Eunice  Portland, 
Loring,  Jacob  G.  N.  Yarmouth, 
Seabury,  Eliza  L.  do 


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